Australian animal alphabet.

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Primary Artist

Eirene Mort (1879–1977)

Title

Australian animal alphabet.

Physical description

Box containing 24 wooden blocks each with pictorial design on recto and printed poem verso. Green cardboard, covered with green paper, hinged on upper edge.

Source

Australian animal alphabet

Page or Plate number

collection record

Date made

1907

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

letterpress, printed in blue ink

Matrix size

16.8 x 22.0 cm (box)

Support

paper on wooden block

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Not signed. Not dated. Printed label on cover of box, lower right edge, blue ink 'Pictured and/ Rhymed by EIRENE MORT'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

3440

Accession number

95.1.1-24

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 4, 1994/95 (1995-02-23)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Treasure Island Books, Sydney, 1995

Credit line

Purchased 1995

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Mort, Eirene. | (1879–1977) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013