Ibis
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 384
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 358
Date made
1923 – c.1925
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
7.6 x 9.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
9.7 x 14.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
unknown state
Impression
working proof
Edition information
a few proofs, not published
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'line Engraving unfinished'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 358
Subject description
Study of an ibis with head turned towards tail.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90759
Accession number
83.379A
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