Miner's camp, Cracow, Queensland
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Miner's camp, Cracow, Queensland
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 504
Date made
1932
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
20.0 x 25.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
25.8 x 29.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark, '& Co' [partial]
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
15/75
Edition information
State proofs,; final state edition of 75, plus proofs
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, 'Miner's Camp Cracow Q'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '15/75'.
Subject description
Rural scene of men panning for gold in clearing surrounded by tents and bottle trees, Cracow, Queensland.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
46920
Accession number
61.72
Accession method
Gift
Provenance
Gift to Peter Lindsay, from his father Lionel Lindsay. Gift to the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), from Peter Lindsay, Sydney, August 1961.
Credit line
Gift of Peter Lindsay 1961
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
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013