Breakfast

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Breakfast

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

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Category

Print

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013