The water cart
Primary Artist
Percy Leason (1889–1959)
Title
Date made
1921
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
5.7 x 13.3 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove paper
Support size
14.6 x 22.2 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
16/35
Edition information
edition of 35
Matrix status
Cancelled copper plate extant: AGNSW 335.1991, purchased 1991.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Percy Leason.' Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Water Cart'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '35 Proofs, No 16'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
97988
Accession number
83.1085
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
Permission granted in memory of Percy Leason
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Leason, Percy. | (1889–1959) American | Australian | Male | artist