The butcher.

Primary Artist

Percy Leason (1889–1959)

Title

The butcher.

Other titles

The country butcher

Date made

1913 – c.1915

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 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

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013