Doctor McDonnell's operating theatre, Toowoomba
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Doctor McDonnell's operating theatre, Toowoomba
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 605
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 468
Date made
1956 – c.1958
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
aquatint and etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
20.1 x 15.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
27.8 x 20.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state?
Impression
artist's proof
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'etcher's own proof'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Dr McDonnell's operating theatre Toowoomba Q'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 468
Subject description
Interior view down a hospital corridor to the operating theatre of Doctor Aeneas John McDonnell, Toowoomba, Queensland.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93098
Accession number
83.928
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