David Scott Mitchell
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
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
Category
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