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

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Category

Print

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