The little wash house, Ambleside, South Australia
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The little wash house, Ambleside, South Australia
Other titles
The wash house
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 354
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 22
Date made
1925
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
12.8 x 15.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
18.5 x 21.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
2/30
Edition information
final state, edition of 30 [35?]
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1987), 354, notes final state edition of 35. NGA 83.492 has edition of 30.
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 little Wash House'. Inscribed with edition details lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 2 ed / 30'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 22
Subject description
Rural scene of wash house with wringer, pump and geese outside, Ambleside, S.A.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
91009
Accession number
83.492
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