Pirate.
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Source
A ballad of buccaneering.
Page or Plate number
no.1
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 1
Date made
1898
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
12.3 x 8.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
19.4 x 13.8 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated proof
Edition information
no edition. proofs only; second printing, proofs by Victor Cobb
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
No inscriptions.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Inscribed by Victor Cobb below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay's First Etching / Printed by Victor Cobb'. Inscribed lower left corner in black pencil, 'First'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed vero upper right in black pencil, 'Pirate Captain'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
34372
Accession number
84.30.1
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1983/84 (1984-02-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1984.
Credit line
Purchased 1984
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
04 Aug 2023