The settler.
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
(Man chopping wood in front of farm buildings)
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 97
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 481
Date made
1913
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
18.8 x 24.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
23.0 x 28.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
State proofs, final state edition of 30, planned but not fully ptinted, plus additional proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left in black pencil below image but within plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. No date. No title.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 481
Subject description
Man chopping wood, a laden cart to the left and a slab hut in the background. The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92187
Accession number
83.556
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
04 Jan 2013