Old Miners, Creswick Creek, Victoria
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Old Miners, Creswick Creek, Victoria
Other titles
Fossickers
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 505
Date made
1923
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
20.2 x 27.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream Japanese style paper
Support size
25.8 x 35.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state, of 2; published state
Impression
6/50
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 50
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1987), 505, does not note 'LIONEL LINDSAY printed lower left within image.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '6/50'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'The prospector was an old Fossicker that I drew in Creswick / The old chap with the saplings I drew on the / Kurrajong 4.4.0 [4 guineas]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 5
Subject description
Rural scene of one fossicker with a bundle of sticks talking to another panning at a creek bed.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90748
Accession number
83.375
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