Henry Lawson

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Henry Lawson

Reference

Mendelssohn (1982), 137

Date made

1922

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

24.1 x 15.6 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove Japanese vellum paper

Support size

27.8 x 20.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition of 100 [200?], plus proofs

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1982), 137, gives the edition as 200. NGA 83.895 is inscribed as edition of 100.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date.

Subject description

Portrait of Australian writer Henry Lawson (1867-1922).

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

111153

Accession number

78.305

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 18, 1977/78 (1978-05-30)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, May 1978; From the exhibition, 'A survey of Australian relief prints 1900/1950', Melbourne: Deutscher Galleries, 13 April - 5 May 1978, cat., no.14, ((illustrated).

Credit line

Purchased 1978

Copyright

Courtesy of the National Library of Australia

Country of context

Australia

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013