Christmas
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 518
Date made
1935
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
15.2 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
20.4 x 30.4 cm (sheet)
State
3rd state of 3; published state
Impression
undesignated proof
Edition information
edition of 100
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, 'Christmas'. Inscribed lower right corner, '£4-4-0 [erased]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed upper right in black pencil, '6129 E'.
Subject description
Rural scene of man carrying swag arriving at Shamrock Hotel, a bush hotel owned by J Ryan. In front of the hotel are horses and dogs.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
40953
Accession number
77.714.25
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 15, 1977/78 (1977-11-08)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from John Brackenreg, Artarmon Galleries, Sydney, 1977.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
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
08 Jan 2013