Old Mac
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
MacGregor, Snowy River shepherd
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 363
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 161
Date made
1925
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
16.8 x 15.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid Whatman paper
Support size
21.6 x 20.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
proof on Whatman paper
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 35
Production notes
2nd state, plate reduced
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Old Mac'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof on Whatman / 1823'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 161
Subject description
Rural scene: portrait of a Mr MacGregor, Snowy River shepherd patting his kelpie dog.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90975
Accession number
83.477
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