Trout fishing in the Snowy River
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Trout fishing in the Snowy River
Other titles
Snowy River
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 582
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 154
Date made
1946
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
mezzotint and etching, printed in brown ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
19.5 x 26.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
25.8 x 32.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2?
Impression
?/50
Edition information
1st state proofs only; 2nd state edition of 50, plus proofs
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1987), 582, gives the final state edition as 75. NGA impression 83.613 notes edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '50'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Mezzotint 1873 [paper?]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 154
Subject description
Rural scene of man fishing on banks of Snowy River, N.S.W.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92343
Accession number
83.613
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