The Sundowner
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 253
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 176
Date made
1921
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
aquatint and burnishing, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
12.6 x 24.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
18.8 x 30.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2?; published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; final state, edition of 50, plus proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Singned lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Sundowner'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '(50 proofs) aquatint'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 450
Subject description
Rural scene, near Hornsby of man with swag and dog walking towards home at sunset.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92237
Accession number
83.574
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