Henry Lawson
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1982), 137
Date made
1922
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
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