Old diggings, Creswick
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 607
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 456
Date made
1938 – c.1940
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
aquatint and burnishing, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
14.0 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
18.8 x 29.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
unknown state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition of 50, plus proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay' Not dated. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'old Diggings Creswick' Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'aquatint'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 456
Subject description
The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93128
Accession number
83.938
Accession method
Bequest
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.
Credit line
Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist