Plate for "The sundowner"
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 253
Date made
1921
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Matrix
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etched copper plate
Matrix size
12.6 x 24.6 cm (printing plate)
State
2nd state of 2?; published state
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscription typed in black ink on sheet of cream paper previously taped to back of etching plate, 'THE SUNDOWNER. / This is the bitten copper plate from which was pulled the aquatint THE SUNDOWNER / The face of it has been cleaned for / printing but the protective varnish has been allowed / to remain on the back of it.'.
Subject description
The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93432
Accession number
83.1053
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
04 Jan 2013