Portrait of Myer who built Meryon.
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Portrait of Myer who built Meryon.
Other titles
Old Myer.
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 83
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 334
Date made
1910 – c.1912
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
18.8 x 12.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
24.8 x 17.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
only state; not published
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
not editioned, a few proofs only
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'old Myers'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 334
Subject description
Portrait of a Mr Myer who built the Lindsay family home, Meryon, at Wahroonga, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92629
Accession number
83.736
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