Mail and post office, Cracow, Queensland

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Mail and post office, Cracow, Queensland

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 503

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 151

Date made

1932

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

15.4 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove F.J. Head paper

Support size

19.4 x 28.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark, 'FJH &' [partial].

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

14/75

Edition information

State proofs,; final state edition of 75, plus proofs

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, 'Trucking Cracow Q'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '14/75'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 151

Subject description

Rural scene of horse-drawn carriage and group of men collecting mail from corrugated iron shed which serves as post office, Cracow, Queensland.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92312

Accession number

83.602

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