Poppies
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Source
A book of woodcuts. Drawn on wood and engraved by Lionel Lindsay. Sydney: Art in Australia, 1922
Page or Plate number
frontispiece
Date made
1922
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Illustrated book
Print type
relief
Technique
wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured
Matrix size
10.2 x 10.0 cm (printed image)
Support
thin white wove paper, tipped onto cream wove paper
Support size
11.3 x 10.9 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Edition information
Standard edition limited to 200 signed copies; 175 copies for sale in Australia, 25 copes reserved for publication in London by Constable & Co.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay sc imp'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
163317
Accession number
69.11.4
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
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013