The first ploughing
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
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
Category
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