The fossicker

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The fossicker

Other titles

The old fossicker

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 301

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 710

Date made

1923

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

19.8 x 27.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove Japanese vellum paper

Support size

24.0 x 31.6 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

13/30

Edition information

final state, edition of 30 [50?]

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 301, notes edition of 30, although sme marked 50.

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 old Fossicker'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 13 ed / 30'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 710

Subject description

Rural scene of man fossicking for gold in creek.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

93158

Accession number

83.948

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