The butcher.
Primary Artist
Percy Leason (1889–1959)
Title
Other titles
The country butcher
Date made
1913 – c.1915
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
9.8 x 9.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
17.8 x 18.8 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
10/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Perry Leason'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Butcher'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil,. '10/50'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
41050
Accession number
77.714.92
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 15, 1977/78 (1977-11-08)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from John Brackenreg, Artarmon Galleries, Sydney, 1977.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
Copyright
Permission granted in memory of Percy Leason
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Leason, Percy. | (1889–1959) American | Australian | Male | artist