Mates
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
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
Category
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