Drafting sheep

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Drafting sheep

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 583, ii

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 276

Date made

1947

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and foul biting, printed in warm black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

21.2 x 27.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

26.0 x 32.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

2nd state of 3?

Impression

2nd state proof 1/4

Edition information

1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, 4 proofs; final state edition of 20.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '2nd state one of 4 proofs'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 276

Subject description

Rural scene of sheep farmers and dogs separating sheep into pens.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92292

Accession number

83.592

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