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
Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 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
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013