The bush smithy, Carcoar
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 304
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 721
Date made
1925
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
19.2 x 19.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin white laid 'French 18th century' paper
Support size
26.8 x 23.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
proof on Frech paper
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 45
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Bush Smithy'. Inscribed with edition details lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'print on old French paper / xviii Cent.'
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Inscribed, lower left in black pencil '[£] 4.4'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 721
Subject description
Rural scene of man and horse at blacksmith's hut, Carcoar, central tablelands, N.S.W.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92086
Accession number
83.507
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