The drafting gate, Bendemeer
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 348
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 152
Date made
1925
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
19.0 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
22.8 x 29.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2?; published state
Impression
15/35
Edition information
1st state, 3 proofs; final state, edition of 35
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, 'Drafting Gate'. Inscribed with edition details lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 15 ed / 35'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 152 Inscribed, verso upper right in black pencil, '£4.4.0'.
Subject description
Rural scene of sheep farmers separating sheep for shearing at Bendemeer, N.S.W.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90966
Accession number
83.473
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