The smoker.

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The smoker.

Source

A ballad of buccaneering.

Page or Plate number

no.3.

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 6

Date made

1898

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

12.0 x 8.6 cm (image)

Support

cream laid paper

Support size

16.9 x 12.7 cm (sheet (irregular))

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated proof

Edition information

no edition. proofs only; second printing, proofs by Victor Cobb

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Third'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, '3'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

34374

Accession number

84.30.3

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1983/84 (1984-02-14)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, February 1984.

Credit line

Purchased 1984

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

11 Jan 2013