The old fossicker
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 301
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 720
Date made
1923
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in bronw ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
19.8 x 26.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
23.8 x 32.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
9/30
Edition information
final state, edition of 30 [50?]
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1987), 301, notes edition of 30, although sme marked 50.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The old Fossicker'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 9 ed / 30'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, '4.4 [4 guineas]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 720
Subject description
Rural scene of man fossicking for gold in creek.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92062
Accession number
83.495
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