Catch
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 345
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 118
Date made
1923 – c.1925
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
10.2 x 10.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
18.2 x 17.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
artist's proof
Edition information
final state, edition of 75
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Catch'. Inscribed with edition details lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Artist's proof'. Inscribed, lower right at base of sheet black pencil 'The old swaggie I found one day in the Wabornga [sic] / bush and got him to pose for me LL'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 119
Subject description
Rural scene of swagman resting under trees playing with his kelpie dog.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92470
Accession number
83.662
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
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013