David Scott Mitchell

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

David Scott Mitchell

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 130

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 441

Date made

1916

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 roulette, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

23.0 x 15.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove Japanese vellum paper

Support size

28.4 x 20.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

9th state of 9; published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

1st - 9th states 1 proof each; 9th state, edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

no inscriptions

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 441

Subject description

Portrait studies of David Scott Mitchell from sketches by Walter Syer owned by William Dixon.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

93014

Accession number

83.898

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

SYER, Walter | (1890–1910) Australian | Male | print after

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013