Mail and post office, Cracow, Queensland

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Mail and post office, Cracow, Queensland

Date made

1932

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 503

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 151

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed signature and date lower right within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY CRACOW / 1932'.

Matrix size

15.4 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

State proofs,; final state edition of 75, plus proofs

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Rural scene of horse-drawn carriage and group of men collecting mail from corrugated iron shed which serves as post office, Cracow, Queensland.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92312

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.602

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

14/75

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