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

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Category

Print

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