St Kilda fishing boats
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
St Kilda, the fishermen's boat shed
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 113
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 507
Date made
1914
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and foul biting, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
12.0 x 19.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Millbourne paper
Support size
17.5 x 23.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: 'MILLBOURNE / BRITISH HANDMADE PURE RAG [and symbol]'
State
published state
Impression
21/50
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'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'St Kilda Fishing Boats'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 21/50'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 507
Subject description
Coastal scene of jetty and boatshed with men at fishing boats, St Kilda, Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92526
Accession number
83.686
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