Travelling sheep to Bourke

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Travelling sheep to Bourke

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

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Category

Print

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