The prodigal son
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 521
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 279
Date made
1935
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
11.2 x 7.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
21.8 x 15.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
State proofs; final state edition of 100
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. No date. Titled lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The prodigal son'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 279
Subject description
Rural scene of young man in old clothes with swag and billy can, sitting on the ground, head bowed.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92548
Accession number
83.697
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