The selector
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 308
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 66
Date made
1923
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
13.2 x 8.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
laid Whatman 1823 paper
Support size
20.6 x 15.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
60/75
Edition information
final stare, edition of 75
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 Selector'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 60 ed / 75'.'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 65
Subject description
Rural scene of early landholder at door of his hut with kelpie dog sitting outside.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92339
Accession number
83.612
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