The Great Dane (a beserker sailor)
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The Great Dane (a beserker sailor)
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 219
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 368
Date made
1929
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and roulette, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
12.0 x 6.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
20.2 x 12.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
final state edition of 25 projected but few printed, plus proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Great Dane'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 368
Subject description
Portrait of a Danish sailor imagined as a Viking fighter.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90772
Accession number
83.384
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