The drafting gate, Bendemeer
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 348
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 152
Date made
1925
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
19.0 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
proof D
Edition information
1st state, 3 proofs; final state, edition of 35
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Titled lower centre below image in black pencil, 'Drafting Gate'. Inscribed lower right below image in black pencil, Proof D'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed along right side edge of sheet in black pencil, '98724 17416 0901/2 BI 8/-'.
Subject description
Rural scene of sheep farmers separating sheep for shearing at Bendemeer, N.S.W.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
48062
Accession number
46.2
Accession method
Purchase
Provenance
Purchased by the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), from an unidentified vendor, by 1946.
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