Departure
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
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
Category
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