Historical information

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)


Art historian Robert C. Littlewood is a Private Press publisher who utilises his skills as a fine art photographer, a video producer, researcher and writer to document the lives and achievements of Australian artists who create (or created) original graphic prints. Littlewood is President of the Australian Bookplate Society and a Trustee of the Keith Wingrove Memorial Trust which administers the world's richest and Australia’s only Bookplate design award.

Physical description

.1) An etched book plate by Lionel Lindsay for Brian Stonier in brown ink on cream card. The bookplate features an old sailing ship at sea.

.2) Framed etched book plate by Lionel Lindsay for Brian Stonier in blue ink on cream card (as above)

Inscriptions & markings

Printed on bookplate "Ex libris K. Brian Stonier Melbourne Grammar Melbourne University"

Printed lower right below image but within plate-mark, "Lionel Lindsay"