And we said old man your horse will die.

Primary Artist

Norman Lindsay (1879–1969)

Title

And we said old man your horse will die.

Source

The dead horse

Date made

1898 – (1898)

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

10.1 x 10.8 cm (image)

Support

thin cream laid paper mounted on thin brown cardboard

Support size

14.8 x 12.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Inscribed backing sheet lower right in black pencil, 'N.L.'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

3089

Accession number

95.42

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1994/95 (1995-06-28)

Provenance

Collection of Keith Kingrove (1910-1995), who formed a major collection of material relating to Norman Lindsay (1879-1969) and the art of Bookplates. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Keith Wingrove, Highgate, South Australia, June 1995.

Credit line

Purchased 1995

Country of context

Australia

Notes

A sea shanty, 2nd verse. First verse illustration also in NGA collection.

Creators

LINDSAY, Norman | (1879–1969) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013