The pannikin of flour
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 330
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 167
Date made
1924
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
12.8 x 13.3 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese paper
Support size
18.4 x 19.7 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
4/100
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 100 [75?]
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1987), 330, note final state edition of 100. NGA 83.540 is from an edition of 75.
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, 'The Pannikin of Flour'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 4'. Inscribed lower left below signature, 'made the sketch / Compliments to Wm Carrick [?] / Dec 1935'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 166
Subject description
Rural scene of swagman with his dog begging for flour from woman at back door of old hut.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92389
Accession number
83.628
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