The short cut to the colourful East, Qantas Empire Airways
Primary Artist
Harry Weston (1874–)
Title
The short cut to the colourful East, Qantas Empire Airways
Date made
1936 – c.1938
Place made
Australia, Australia, Tasmania, Hobart View on map Close map
Category
Poster
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in colour, from multiple stones [or plates]
Matrix size
97.5 x 62.2 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove lithographic paper
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
no inscriptions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
75212
Accession number
87.168
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 4, 1987/88 (1987-10-01)
Provenance
With the lithographic artist until his death in 1971. By descent to Eleanor Burdett, the artist's widow. Gift to the Australian National Gallery, from Eleanor Burdett, Canberra, October 1987.
Credit line
Gift of Eleanor Burdett 1987
Subject category
Collection: The Frank Burdett archive of his Australian commercial lithography, acquired 1987.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Weston, Harry. | (1874–) Australian | Male | artist
Burdett, Frank. | (1897–1971) Australian | Male | printer
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013