Breakfast
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 293
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 413
Date made
1923
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
softground etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
15.3 x 12.5 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Whatman paper
Support size
20.4 x 27.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
3rd state of 3
Impression
proof
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, a few proofs; 3rd state, edition of 50, plus proofs
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, 'Breakfast'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof on wove Whatman 1824'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 413
Subject description
Rural scene of swagman and dog by campfire under gum tree as day breaks.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92266
Accession number
83.582
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