Norman Lindsay etching at Falconbridge
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Norman Lindsay etching at Falconbridge
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 172
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 16
Date made
1918
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and drypoint, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
18.9 x 14.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
26.0 x 19.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
18/50
Edition information
edition of 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, 'Norman Lindsay etching at / Falconbridge'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 18'. Inscribed lower right corner 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, 16
Subject description
Portrait of Norman Lindsay, brother of the artist, etching a plate in his printmaking studio at Falconbridge, NSW. The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93025
Accession number
83.904
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