Sydney LONG | Bookplate: R.F. Irvine

Sydney LONG
Australia 1871 – London 1955
England, Europe 1910-21; Australia 1921- 22; England 1922-25; Australia 1925-52; England from 1952

Bookplate: R.F. Irvine 1899 pen and black ink
16.6 (h) x 8.6 (w) cm Collection: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, presented by Richard King under the Cultural Gifts Program, 2005

R.F. Irvine was the editor of the short-lived monthly, the Australian Magazine, to which Long was a contributor. The first issue appeared in March 1899 with the idealistic aim of rivalling the Bulletin, as Irvine and his colleagues believed that magazine did not publish the best of their work. Paradoxically, this bookplate was reproduced in the Bulletin (24 June 1899) and subsequently exhibited in the ‘Society of Artists sketch exhibition’ in 1900 (168). Irvine was lecturer in Economics at Sydney University.

R.F. Irvine was the editor of the short-lived monthly, the Australian Magazine, to which Long was a contributor. The first issue appeared in March 1899 with the idealistic aim of rivalling the Bulletin, as Irvine and his colleagues believed that magazine did not publish the best of their work. Paradoxically, this bookplate was reproduced in the Bulletin (24 June 1899) and subsequently exhibited in the ‘Society of Artists sketch exhibition’ in 1900 (168). Irvine was lecturer in Economics at Sydney University.

R.F. Irvine was the editor of the short-lived monthly, the Australian Magazine, to which Long was a contributor. The first issue appeared in March 1899 with the idealistic aim of rivalling the Bulletin, as Irvine and his colleagues believed that magazine did not publish the best of their work. Paradoxically, this bookplate was reproduced in the Bulletin (24 June 1899) and subsequently exhibited in the ‘Society of Artists sketch exhibition’ in 1900 (168). Irvine was lecturer in Economics at Sydney University.