Prospectors
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
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
Category
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