All aboard!
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 550
Date made
1938
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
17.7 x 25.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
23.8 x 32.3 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
3rd state of 3, Published state
Impression
10/75
Edition information
State proofs; final state edition of 75, plus proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. No date. Titled lower centre below plate-mark, 'All Aboard'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '10/75'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed on lower centre edge of sheet in black pencil, '16i/2 x 153/4 FLY 424-132'. Inscribed upper right corner of sheet, '[illegible] G'.
Subject description
Rural scene of passengers boarding a Cob & Co coach in the main street of a country town.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
40954
Accession number
77.714.26
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 15, 1977/78 (1977-11-08)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from John Brackenreg, Artarmon Galleries, Sydney, 1977.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013