Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

[title page] Twenty-one woodcuts

Source

Twenty-one woodcuts, drawn, engraved and printed by Lionel Lindsay. Sydney: Meryon Press, 1924.

Page or Plate number

title-page

Reference

ANB (1988), 26110

Date made

1924

Place made

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

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in red and black ink, from two blocks

Matrix size

16.6 x 12.0 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove Japanese vellum paper

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

40/40

Edition information

edition of 125 copies, 30 on full vellum, the rest on Japanese vellum. An erratum in this copy notes that 10 standard copies were spoilt in binding and these were replaced with another 10 in full vellum. "The edition should read, 40 copies on full vellum & 85 on white Whatman."

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

163321

Accession number

69.12.1

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

C.A.A.B. Meeting (1969-02-19)

Provenance

Collection of Peter Lindsay, the artists son, by descent. Gift to the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), from Peter Lindsay, Sydney, 19 February 1969.

Credit line

Gift of Peter Lindsay 1969.

Copyright

Courtesy of the National Library of Australia

Subject category

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book

Creators

MERYON PRESS | (1921–) Australian | Organisation | printer

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

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013