Cobb and Co
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 347
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 1A
Date made
1925
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint and etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
22.0 x 30.5 cm (plate-mark)
Support
laid Whatman 1805 paper
Support size
26.0 x 42.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
centre '[watermark image of crest]'
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
proof on 1805 Whatman paper
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 40
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, 'Cobb and Co'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof on Whatman 1805'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 1
Subject description
Rural scene of horse-drawn Cobb & Co coach travelling along country road.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92726
Accession number
83.765
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