Travelling shearer
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Returning home
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 257
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 70
Date made
1919
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
11.2 x 10.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
18th century laid paper
Support size
18.6 x 16.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
proof 'on XVIII paper'
Edition information
final state, edition of 50
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 in black pencil, 'Travelling Shearer'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof no XVIII. CENT PAPER'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 70
Subject description
Rural scene of man on horseback with spare horse riding through gum trees on his return from shearing work.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90979
Accession number
83.479
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