(Pan and goat).
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), not listed
Date made
1907
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
11.1 x 7.1 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
17.0 x 12.8 cm (sheet (irregular))
State
not published
Impression
printer's proof
Edition information
proofs only
Production notes
The NGA impression of this print was a gift to the printer, George Siebert, from the artist. Siebert was an apprentice copper-plate printer at Penfolds in Sydney. Although primarily trade printers they occasionally printed for artists. The company also sold artists materials and etching supplies.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
No inscriptions.
Subject description
Mythological scene: Pan playing pipes with goat.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
29205
Accession number
83.3324
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 5, 1983/84 (1983-12-13)
Provenance
Gift to George Siebert, the printer, from the artist, Sydney, 1907. Gift to the Australian National Gallery, from George Siebert, Canberra, 1983.
Credit line
Gift of George Siebert 1983.
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist