Greeting card: May the spirit of Sairey Gamp be with you
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Greeting card: May the spirit of Sairey Gamp be with you
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 603
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 569
Date made
1956
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and drypoint, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
8.8 x 6.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
13.8 x 9.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, '1956'. Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 569
Subject description
Humorous scene of Sairey Gamp (disreputable nurse in Charles Dickens novel) sipping alcohol from a medicine cup.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93170
Accession number
83.952
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