Primary Artist

Christian Waller (1894–1954)

Title

Bookplate: M Napier Waller

Date made

1930 – c.1932

Reference

Butler (1992), 44

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block

Text printed from matrix

Printer upper left to right within image, 'EX LIBRIS'. Printed lower left to right within image, 'M NAPIER / WALLER

Matrix size

15.0 x 7.8 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print-run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Printed ephemera: Bookplate (ex libris)

Subject description

Combination of motifs including a centaur playing a lyre, a Phoenician boat and a saintly figure.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

59274

Creators

Waller, Christian. | (1894–1954) Australian | Female | artist