The selector

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The selector

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 308

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 66

Date made

1923

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Matrix size

13.2 x 8.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

laid Whatman 1823 paper

Support size

17.8 x 11.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

proof

Edition information

final stare, edition of 75

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Selector'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof on Whatman 1823'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 66

Subject description

Rural scene of early landholder at door of his hut with kelpie dog sitting outside.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92337

Accession number

83.611

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

19 Mar 2013