The pack horse
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 492
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 33
Date made
1931
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
17.8 x 27.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
Japanese paper
Support size
21.5 x 29.5 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
@nd state of 2; published state
Impression
19/50
Edition information
State proofs, final state edition of 50, plus proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. No date. Titled Lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Pack Horse'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '19/50'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 33
Subject description
Rural scene of farmer loading horse near corrugated iron shed while wife feeds chickens and child and dog look on.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92306
Accession number
83.599
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