Fording the Snowy
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 586
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 299A
Date made
1940 – 1940s
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
20.4 x 25.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
26.2 x 30.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state of 2
Impression
1st state proof
Edition information
1st state, 4 proofs; 2nd state, edition of 4
Production notes
1st state, line work only. 2nd state, addition of aquatint Mendelssohn (1987), 586, notes only 2 impressions of 1st state. NGA 83.347 notes 4 impressions of 1st state
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, 'Fording the Snowy'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'line 4 proofs taken'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 299A
Subject description
Rural scene of man on horse with pack-horse crossing the Snowy River, N.S.W.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90674
Accession number
83.347
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