Nat, the circus hand and a much used model

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Nat, the circus hand and a much used model

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 52

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 360

Date made

1911

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and foul biting, printed in green/black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

8.0 x 6.5 cm (plate-mark)

Support

laid paper

Support size

11.8 x 10.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

5/25

Edition information

final state edion of 25 planned, but few printed.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Ed 25'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 5'.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Inscribed left along bottom of sheet in black pencil, 'Nat the circus hand'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 360

Subject description

Portrait of Nat in profile, a circus hand and model.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92278

Accession number

83.586

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