Gums in the moonlight

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Gums in the moonlight

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 14

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 425

Date made

1907

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in blue ink, from one plate

Matrix size

18.0 x 12.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

20.2 x 14.5 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

Final state; published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition of 30

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Gums in Moonlight'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, 'Gums [illegible - erased]. Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 425

Subject description

Landscape of gum trees (eucalyptus) in the moonlight.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

93080

Accession number

83.922

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