Mates

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Mates

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 277

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 3

Date made

1922

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in brown ink, with plate-tone,from one plate

Matrix size

21.2 x 27.2 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thin cream wove paper

Support size

28.0 x 35.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

proof on 18th century paper

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, 'Mates'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof on old wove [sic] paper XVIII / century'. Inscribed lower left at base of sheet in black pencil, 'a Lawson mateship my dear / Alan Queale. The fine tall old man / I drew on the Kurrajong and the / old Drummer when with Banjo / down the Murrambidge [sic].

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 3

Subject description

Rural scene of two men carrying swags and billy cans with dog walking down a track.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92370

Accession number

83.622

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