Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Shearer's cook [2].

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 509

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 98

Date made

1932

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Matrix size

14.6 x 21.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thin cream wove paper

Support size

20.7 x 28.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

4th state of 4

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

4th state, edition of 24, comprising 12 on white paper, 12 on Japanese vellum paper

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 509 notes the printed words 'SHEARERS' COOK' after ESQ. These words do not appear on NGA, 83.941.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower left at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Shearers Cook'. Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 98

Subject description

The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

93137

Accession number

83.941

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