Travelling shearer

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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Travelling shearer

Other titles

Returning home

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 205

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 70

Date made

1919

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint

Matrix size

11.2 x 10.8 cm (plate-mark)

Support

paper

Edition information

final state, edition of 50

Subject description

Rural scene of man on horseback with spare horse riding through gum trees on his return from shearing work.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

45355

Accession number

65.110

Accession method

Bequest

Provenance

Oscar Paul. Bequest to the C.A.A.B., from Mrs Henriette von Dallwitz legatee of Richard Paul after reinbursement to estate, to fulfill Richard Paul's intentions, 1965.

Credit line

The Oscar Paul Collection, Gift of Henriette von Dallwitz and of Richard Paul in honour of his father 1965.

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

14 Sep 2012