Prospectors

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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Prospectors

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 554

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 13

Date made

1938

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 black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

25.2 x 32.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

Japanesre paper

Support size

30.6 x 39.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

3/35

Edition information

State proofs; final state edition of 35 plus proofs.edition of 30

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. No date. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Prospectors'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '3/35'. Inscribed lower centre of sheet in black pencil, 'I made the drawing for this drypoint / when riding with Norman and Percy Hunter / to Koscuisko on my first journey'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 13

Subject description

The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92367

Accession number

83.621

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