The angler.
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
The truant.
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 79
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 356
Date made
1912
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
8.0 x 6.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin cream wove paper
Support size
14.2 x 13.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state a few proofs; 2nd state a few 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, 'The angler right.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 356
Subject description
Rural scene of boy playing truant by fishing at a stream.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93071
Accession number
83.919
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