Drafting sheep
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
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
Category
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