The Tyger
Primary Artist
Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991)
Title
Date made
1962
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from multiple blocks
Matrix size
42.5 x 31.2 cm (printed image (overall))
Support
Japanese style laid paper
State
published state
Impression
2/12
Edition information
edition of 12
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed editioned and dated lower right below image 2, black pencil, 'Barbara Hanrahan 2/12 1962.'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
146095
Accession number
91.1067
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 4, 1991/92 (1991-12-11)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from aGOG (Australian Girls Own Gallery), Canberra, 1991.
Credit line
Purchased 1991
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Image 2 contains verse, "The Tyger", by William Blake, u.c-l.r., "THE TYGER/ Tyger! Tyger! burning/ bright/ In the forests of teh night,/ What immortal hand or/ eye/ Could frame thy fearful/ symmetry!/ BLAKE".
Creators
HANRAHAN, Barbara | (1939–1991) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013