The first ploughing

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The first ploughing

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 164

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 495

Date made

1918

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

16.8 x 27.1 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove Japanese vellum paper

Support size

23.8 x 32.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

proof

Edition information

10 proof?

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Tittled and Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'The first Ploughing a few proofs pulled 10?'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 495

Subject description

Rural scene of man using horse-drawn plough on freshly cleared land.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92201

Accession number

83.562

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