Drafting sheep
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 583
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 276
Date made
1947
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
21.2 x 27.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
27.8 x 36.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
3rd state of 3?
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, 4 proofs; final state edition of 20.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled by Peter Lindsay lower centre in black pencil, 'The Drafting Gate'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'unique proof in bunt sienna'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, '3rd [state]'.
Subject description
Rural scene of sheep farmers and dogs separating sheep into pens.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
42290
Accession number
76.1184
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1976/77 (1976-12-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from The Town Gallery, Brisbane, 1976.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
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
07 Jan 2013