Travelling shearer
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Returning home
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 257
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 70
Date made
1919
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
11.2 x 10.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove '1823 Whatman' paper
Support size
17.5 x 15.5 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
proof on 1823 Whatman paper
Edition information
final state, edition of 50
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 black pencil, 'Travelling Shearer'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof on 1823 Whatman'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed by Peter Lindsay lower left corner of sheet in black pencil, '1921'.
Subject description
Rural scene of man on horseback with spare horse riding through gum trees on his return from shearing work.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
42298
Accession number
76.1188
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1976/77 (1976-12-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from The Town Gallery, Brisbane, 1976.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
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