Morning tea
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1982), 127
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 733
Date made
1924
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
7.3 x 9.9 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
11.4 x 15.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
42/100
Edition information
book edition, plus seperate issue, edition of 100, plus proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'Morning Tea'. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, '42'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 134
Subject description
Domestic scene of the artist reading the newspaper, sitting on a squatter's chair on the verandah while his wife serves tea.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92956
Accession number
83.87
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 category
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