The reader.
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Source
A ballad of buccaneering.
Page or Plate number
no.2.
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 3
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 369
Date made
1894 – c.1896
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and foul biting, printed in warm black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
12.6 x 8.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese paper
Support size
21.2 x 13.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
no published
Impression
undesignated proof
Edition information
no edition. proofs only; second printing, proofs by Victor Cobb
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, The Reader / Early Etching'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark, 'proof'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 369
Subject description
The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93015
Accession number
83.899
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
02 Aug 2023