John Chinaman's

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

John Chinaman's

Other titles

Chinaman's garden, Wahroonga

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 539

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 318

Date made

1937

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Matrix size

17.6 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

wove paper

Support size

26.0 x 33.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

2nd state of 3

Impression

2nd state proof

Edition information

1st state unknown; 2ns state, 2 proofs; final published state, edition of 35

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'figures put in'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '(2 proofs) 2nd state'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 318

Subject description

The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

90670

Accession number

83.345

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