Over a decade of Art: Est. 2013
Norman Lindsay
The Mermaid
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MEDIUM: Book Plate Print
SIZE:
13x9cm view in inches
5x4inches view in cm
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This bookplate was published as part of a book produced by Norman Lindsay’s good friend Frederick Claude Vivian Lane.
Lane was Australia’s first Olympic swimmer and the only one at the Paris Olympics in 1900. He won the 200 metres freestyle title in 2 minutes, 25.2 seconds, winning by 5.8 seconds, and the 200 metres obstacle race title.
Lane later became a master printer and partner in the printing and stationery firm Smith & Lane, Bridge Street, Sydney. His hobbies were art, literature, model-building and collecting stamps, cigarette cards and newspaper cuttings. He had a fine collection of the works of the marine artists Jack Spurling and John Allcott as well as paintings and literary works by Norman Lindsay.
In 1944, Lane produced a book of Norman Lindsay’s book plates and this particular bookplate featuring the mermaid is the most famous.
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