Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Book plate: Sydney Ure Smith

Date made

1923

Reference

Littlewood (1978), 88

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 560

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left corner within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'. Printed text lower left to right within image, 'SYDNEY URE SMITH / EX LIBRIS'.

Matrix size

7.2 x 5.2 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition unknown

Subject categories

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

Subject description

Book plate for art publisher Sydney Ure Smith (1887-1949), featuring man begging on street.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90606

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013