Primary Artist

Eric Thake (1904–1982)

Title

Eric Thake's Christmas card 1951. The plume hunter.

Date made

1951

Place made

Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

20.4 x 14.7 cm (printed image)

Support

Japanese rice paper

Support size

36.8 x 30.0 cm (sheet)

State

published state; PCA edition

Impression

69/150

Edition information

1st edition of 40, published by Thake 1951;
2nd edition of unknown number printed as greeting card;
3rd edition of 150, printed by William Caulfield & Sons, published by the Print Council of Australia, 1966

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Eric Thake 1951'.
titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'The Plume Hunter'.
inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'PCA / Ed '68 / 69/150'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

146863

Accession number

90.639

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 8, 1989/90 (1990-06-14)

Provenance

Gift to the Australian National Gallery, from Barrett Reid, Melbourne, 1990.

Credit line

Gift of Barrett Reid 1990

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Thake, Eric. | (1904–1982) Australian | Male | artist

PRINT COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA | (1966–) Australian | Organisation | publisher

WILLIAM CAULFIELD & SONS. | | printer

Last Updated

03 Jul 2026