Study of a tree fern.

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Primary Artist

Conrad Martens (1801–1878)

Title

Study of a tree fern.

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 525

Date made

1852 – c.1854

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Matrix size

13.4 x 11.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

restrike c.1921, printed by Lionel Lindsay

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Inscribed below image in pencil, 'Proof of Conrad Marten's only etching printed, by me. Lionel Lindsay'.

Subject description

Australian flora: tree ferns (family Dicksoniaceae) in the bush.

Collection

Ballarat Fine Art Gallery

IRN

Not Known

Credit line

Purchased 1976

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Country of context

Australia

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | printer

Martens, Conrad. | (1801–1878) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

14 Sep 2012