Series 3: Kingston etching plates and relief printing plates

R 2423

series

approximately 1987-2021

9677535

72 printing plates (6 boxes) - copper, zinc - 20 x 25 cm, and smaller

72 original etching plates and relief printing plate, including plates for artists’ books A-Z, Mountain Relief, Melbourne Diary, Sydney Deckie, Holiday in Italy, the Nilgiri Express and small miscellaneous etching plates, possibly used in limited edition etchings.

R 2423/BOX 1
Mountain Relief, [1987]
12 metal etching plates (20 x 25 cm each) and 1 metal relief plate (16 x 23 cm). Titles are marked on verso of plates.
1. Carrington
2. Echo Point
3. Giants Staircase
4. Hydro
5. Katoomba
6. Leura

R 2423/BOX 2
7. Mountain Relief no.1
8. Mountain Relief no.2
9. Mt. Wilson
10. Rare Snaps
11. Ritz
12. Scenic Railway
13. Souvenir Kiosk

R 2423/BOX 3
14. Wheel of Fortune cover, [1988]
Metal relief plate
17.5 x 21 cm

R 2423/BOX 3 & R 2423/BOX 4
15-28. Holiday in Italy, [1988]
14 etching plates
20 x 25 cm each

R 2423/BOX 5
29. A-Z cover, [1989]
Metal relief plate
17 x 17 cm

30-55. A-Z full alphabet [1989]
26 custom-cut etching plates
average size 14 x 16 cm

R 2423/BOX 6
56. Bed of Oysters title, [1999]
Metal relief plate
15.5 x 12 cm

57. Sydney Deckie cover, small, [2004?]
Metal relief plate
17 x 15.5 cm

58. Sydney Deckie cover, large, [2004?]
Metal relief plate
25 x 23 cm

59-61. Melbourne Diary titles, [2020]
Three metal relief plates
12.5 x 11.5 cm; 17 x 15 cm; 17.5 x 16.5 cm

62. Nilgiri Express, [2021]
Metal relief plate
16.5 x 16 cm

63-72. Ten small etching plates, [undated]:
70 x 55 mm
Swimming cat; Betty; Baby Plate Palm Beach; Circus; Luna Park; Made in Oz; Taronga; Pooling; plus 2 untitled. All wrapped in newspaper with titles handwritten in ink.

Arranged chronologically.

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Peter Kingston
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, and Courtesy copyright holder

Titles devised by cataloguer based on titles of artists' books and accompanying wrappings

Dates based on production date of artists' books for which the plates were created

Peter Kingston - State Library of New South Wales ( 8 June 2024 - 1 May 2025). Applies to item 38