The great white gum, Wahroonga, Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The great white gum, Wahroonga, Sydney
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 541
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 260
Date made
1937
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
25.2 x 32.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
Japanese paper
Support size
31.5 x 40.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
6/35
Edition information
edition of 35, pus proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. No date. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in poencil, 'Th Great White Gum'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '6/35'.Inscribed lower left corner of sheet, '(my own proof) [illegible]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 260
Subject description
White gum tree (eucalyptus) at Wahroonga, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92302
Accession number
83.597
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