Swing bridge and Basket Willow, South Australia
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Swing bridge and Basket Willow, South Australia
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 254
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 488
Date made
1921
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
17.3 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
23.0 x 28.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 30'.
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, 'Swing Bridge + Basket Willow'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 488
Subject description
Rural scene of woman crossing the pedestrian swing bridge at Balhanna, S.A. with basket willows (Salix X rubens) growing beside and cattle drinking in the water.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92193
Accession number
83.559
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