Departure

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Departure

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 323

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 153

Date made

1924

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 warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

17.5 x 13.8 cm (plate-mark)

Support

laid paper

Support size

22.2 x 20.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark, 'Hand Made'.

State

published state

Impression

69/75

Edition information

final state, edition of 75

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, 'Departure'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '69/75'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 153

Subject description

Rural scene of man setting out with horses and dog from farmhouse, waving goodbye to his wife.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92304

Accession number

83.598

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