Henry Lawson

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Henry Lawson

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 204

Date made

1919

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

24.4 x 17.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove Japanese vellum paper

Support size

29.0 x 23.5 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

proof on old Japanese paper

Edition information

1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, edition of 50, plus proofs

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Henry Lawson'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof on old Jap paper'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 169

Subject description

Portrait of Henry Lawson.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

93009

Accession number

83.896

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

Country of context

Australia

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist