The Sundowner
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 253
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 176
Date made
1921
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
aquatint and burnishing, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
12.6 x 24.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Whatman 1824 paper
Support size
21.8 x 28.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark, 'WHATMAN / 1824'.
State
2nd state of 2?; published state
Impression
proof
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; final state, edition of 50, plus proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Singned lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Sundowner'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof onold Whatman paper 1824'. '(Standard Proof) Do not cut paper / see watermark'. Inscribed lower right below signature in black pencil, 'For Alan Queale, I drew this not far from / Hornsby attracted by the / skeleton trees against the sunset / The print sold out very quickly and / I had a letter from a Victorian Girl / begging me to let her have one + which I sent her / as a present. By return she sent me / a magnificent turkey. a superb / Quid pro Quo!'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 176
Subject description
Rural scene, near Hornsby of man with swag and dog walking towards home at sunset.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92346
Accession number
83.614
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