Henry Lawson
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1982), 137
Date made
1922
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
24.1 x 15.6 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
28.0 x 20.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
48/100
Edition information
edition of 100 [200?], plus proofs
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1982), 137, gives the edition as 200. NGA 83.895 is inscribed as edition of 100.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'No 48 ed / 100'. Inscribed lower left below signature in black pencil, 'To Alan Queale. Strange to say / Lawson's sister told me / that I had Harry's Eyes / perfectly and they attracted you / also. LL'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 178
Subject description
Portrait of Australian writer Henry Lawson (1867-1922).
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93008
Accession number
83.895
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
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist