The return
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 595
Date made
1948 – c.1950
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Support
wove paper
Support size
20.6 x 28.1 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state of 2
Impression
proof 2/5
Edition information
1st state, 5 proofs; 2nd state edition of 50, plus proofs
Production notes
1st state, etching only. 2nd state, addition of mezzotint.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '2'. Inscribed at base of sheet [now detached] in black pencil, 'The Return 1st State one of five proofs'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 278
Subject description
Rural scene of farmer on horse riding back to farmhouse set amongst trees.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92296
Accession number
83.594
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
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013