The bush safe
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Out of reach
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 343
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 464a
Date made
1925
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
12.3 x 18.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
24.0 x 32.7 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
3rd state of 3; published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, a few proofs; 3rd state, edition of 25
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1987), 343, notes that this might be a private plate for William Dixson
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, 464a
Subject description
Rural scene of prospector near his shack, storing valuables in a sack which he hoists into a tree for safe-keeping.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92234
Accession number
83.573
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
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013