Bottle trees, Cracow, Queensland
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Bottle trees, Cracow, Queensland
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 498
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 452
Date made
1932
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in warm black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
25.0 x 30.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove F.J. Head paper
Manufacturers mark
watermark, 'F J Head &' [partial].
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
16/75
Edition information
State proofs,; final state edition of 75, plus proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below image within plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below image within plate-mark in black pencil, 'Bottle Trees Cracow Q'. Inscribed lower right below image within plate-mark in black pencil, '16/75'.
Subject description
Landscape of bush turkey surrounded by bottle trees (brachychiton), Cracow, Queensland.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
46747
Accession number
61.12
Accession method
Gift
Provenance
Gift to Peter Lindsay, from his father Lionel Lindsay. Gift to the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), from Peter Lindsay, Sydney, August 1961.
Credit line
Gift of Peter Lindsay 1961
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