The Bushranger's house
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Ben Hall's house
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 340
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 179
Date made
1925
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
aquatint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
13.3 x 14.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
17.0 x 17.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
48
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, 'The Bushranger's Home / (Ben Hall's)'. Tittled and Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'No 48'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 179
Subject description
Rural scene of man on horse talking to man at Ben Hall's house at Binalong, near Hay, N.S.W. with sheep grazing in foreground.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92352
Accession number
83.616
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