Travelling sheep to Bourke
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 608
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 75
Date made
1938 – c.1940
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
15.0 x 21.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
soft cream wove Japanese? paper
Support size
20.4 x 27.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
only state
Impression
working proof
Edition information
plate unfinished, no edition
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Not titled. Inscribed lower left at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Travelling sheep to Bourke - not finished'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 75
Subject description
Rural scene of man on horse travelling flock of sheep to Bourke, N.S.W.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90990
Accession number
83.483
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