The return
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 595
Date made
1948 – c.1950
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
mezzotint and etching, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Support
wove paper
Support size
22.6 x 28.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state, 5 proofs; 2nd state edition of 50, plus proofs
Production notes
1st state, etching only. 2nd state, addition of mezzotint.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled at base of sheet [now detached] in black pencil, 'The Return'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '2nd state'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 29
Subject description
Rural scene of farmer on horse riding back to farmhouse set amongst trees.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92314
Accession number
83.603
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 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