The old well, off Penrith Road
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The old well, off Penrith Road
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 380
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 206
Date made
1925
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
14.4 x 14.5 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
20.0 x 19.1 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
28/30
Edition information
final state, edition of 30
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 well'. Inscribed with edition details lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '28 Ed / 30'. Inscribed lower right below image in black pencil, 'This old Well and Shingled house / was near Penrith'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower left corner of sheet in black pencil, '709'. Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 206
Subject description
Rural scene of well outside old house with woman reading at window, off Penrith Road.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90731
Accession number
83.368
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