The crossing
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Spanish river scene
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 294
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 236
Date made
1923
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, aquatint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
14.8 x 22.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove paper
Support size
23.0 x 35.3 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
?/75
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 75
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '75'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Crossing'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, 'S. 29989'.
Subject description
Rural scene of men on horses driving bulls across a river, Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
42304
Accession number
76.1191
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1976/77 (1976-12-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from The Town Gallery, Brisbane, 1976.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
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