Greeting card: Who'll come awaltzing Matilda with me
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Greeting card: Who'll come awaltzing Matilda with me
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 599
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 568
Date made
1957
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
11.5 x 7.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick white wove paper
Support size
14.8 x 10.5 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
no edition
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
no inscriptions
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, '1957'. Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 568
Subject description
Bush man sitting on his swag under a tree singing chorus of Waltzing Matilda.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93172
Accession number
83.953
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