Heysen's birds
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Turkeys
Reference
Mendelssohn (1982), 43
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 124
Date made
1923
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
14.5 x 15.2 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
19.8 x 20.7 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition of 100
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower left edge in black pencil, '190-464 T.B. OB'. Inscribed lower right edge in black pencil, 'Turkeys (Heysens Birds) S. 30294'.
Subject description
Three turkeys, one with fanned tail feathers.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
40955
Accession number
77.714.27
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 15, 1977/78 (1977-11-08)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from John Brackenreg, Artarmon Galleries, Sydney, 1977.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject category
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