The three cocks
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 567
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 38
Date made
1942
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
line-engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
11.6 x 17.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
18.8 x 25.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
5th state of 5; published state
Impression
22/50
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, proofs only; 3rd state, proofs only; 4th state, proofs only; 5th state, edition of 50, plus proofs
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1987), 567 illustration is cropped at top and bottom.
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, 'The Three Cocks'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 22'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet, 'Line Engraving'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 38
Subject description
Rural scene of three roosters of different species.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92430
Accession number
83.644
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