The great red gum

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The great red gum

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 271

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 14

Date made

1922

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

spirit-aquatint, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Matrix size

27.2 x 21.8 cm (plate-mark)

Support

wove paper

Support size

33.0 x 25.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

41/50

Edition information

final state, edition of 45

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, 'The Great Red Gums'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 41 ed / 50'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 14

Subject description

Landscape of cattle grazing under red gum (eucalyptus camaldulensis).

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92364

Accession number

83.62

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