The crossing
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Spanish river scene
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 294
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 236
Date made
1923
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
14.8 x 22.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
20.4 x 27.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark, [illegible]
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
15/75
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 75
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Crossing'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 15 ed / 75'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'I saw this in Spain. The Vaqueros Keeping / the mob on the ford. L.L.'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 236
Subject description
Rural scene of men on horses driving bulls across a river, Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90768
Accession number
83.382
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