Heysen's birds
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Turkeys
Reference
Mendelssohn (1982), 43
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 124
Date made
1923
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
14.5 x 15.2 cm (printed image)
Support
thin white laid paper
Support size
19.2 x 17.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
?/100
Edition information
edition of 100
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'Heysen's Birds'. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, '100'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, '2.2.0 [guineas]'. Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 124
Subject description
Three turkeys, one with fanned tail feathers.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92785
Accession number
83.79
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 category
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