Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Book plate: J.W. Gellert

Date made

1923

Reference

Littlewood (1978), 43

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 740

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'L.L. [in monogram within circle]'. Printed text lower centre within image, 'EX LIBRIS'. Printed text below image, 'J.W. Gellert'.

Matrix size

5.8 x 4.9 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition unknown

Subject category

Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Book plate for J.W. Gellert, father of poet Leon Gellert, featuring man reading in landscape by the sea.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92175

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013