Illustrations to J.D.G. Medley's Stolne and surreptitious verses
(c. 1952)
set of 19 wood engravings

Helen OGILVIE

Medium: wood engravings on Japanese paper
Measurements: (1) 4.7 × 7.5 cm (image) 7.3 × 10.8 cm (sheet)
(2) 2.5 × 4.2 cm (image) 4.9 × 7.8 cm (sheet)
(3) 5.0 × 6.2 cm (image) 8.3 × 9.7 cm (sheet)
(4) 4.7 × 7.4 cm (image) 7.8 × 10.8 cm (sheet)
(5) 8.7 × 6.3 cm (image) 13.0 × 10.9 cm (sheet)
(6) 2.5 × 1.8 cm (image) 5.6 × 4.4 cm (sheet)
(7) 5.0 × 7.7 cm (image) 7.7 × 11.2 cm (sheet)
(8) 6.1 × 4.7 cm (image) 9.5 × 8.0 cm (sheet)
(9) 6.3 × 5.7 cm (image) 10.5 × 8.9 cm (sheet)
(10) 5.2 × 9.8 cm (image) 8.0 × 14.0 cm (sheet)
(11) 4.9 × 4.5 cm (plate) 8.5 × 8.2 cm (sheet)
(12) 13.8 × 9.4 cm (image) 19.2 × 12.4 cm irreg. (sheet)
(13) 4.4 × 8.4 cm (image) 7.5 × 12.3 cm (sheet)
(14) 4.2 × 7.2 cm (image) 7.9 × 11.3 cm (sheet)
(15) 6.5 × 7.4 cm (image) 9.5 × 10.0 cm (sheet)
(16) 5.8 × 3.4 cm (image) 9.4 × 7.6 cm (sheet)
(17) 4.1 × 5.0 cm (image) 7.0 × 8.5 cm (sheet)
(18) 3.5 × 7.9 cm (image) 6.5 × 12.2 cm (sheet)
(19) 5.7 × 5.7 cm (image) 10.1 × 8.5 cm (sheet)
Edition: proof
Inscription: (1-2) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Helen Ogilvie
(3) inscribed in block l.l.: HO (monogram)
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Helen Ogilvie
(4-5) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Helen Ogilvie
(6) inscribed in pencil l.c.: Helen Ogilvie
(7-11) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Helen Ogilvie
(12) inscribed in pencil l.c.r.: Helen Ogilvie
(13-19) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Helen Ogilvie
Accession Number: 3152.1-19-4
Departments: Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased from the artist, 1955
Reproduction requests
Gallery location: Not on display

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