Drafting sheep

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Drafting sheep

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 583

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

mezzotint, roulette and etching, printed in burnst sienna ink, from one plate

Matrix size

21.2 x 27.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

27.8 x 36.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

3rd state of 3?

Impression

unique proof printed in burnt sienna ink

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. titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Drafting'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'unique proof in bunt sienna'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, 'mezzotint'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 275

Subject description

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

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92294

Accession number

83.593

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