The shanty on the rise
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 287
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 718
Date made
1922
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink, with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
18.4 x 13.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream Whatman 1823 paper
Support size
25.2 x 17.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark, 'J WHATMAN 1823'.
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
proof on 1823 Whatman paper
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 50, 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, 'The Shanty on the Rise'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof on 1823 Whatman / see watermark'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'I wanted to get the sensation of dry summer / light. The shanty was on a Creswick road, / The tree that I need for a 'highsky' / in Wahroonga bush'.'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 718
Subject description
Rural scene of two men carrying swags and billy cans, accompanied by dog, walking along track towards old farm house.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92090
Accession number
83.509
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
19 Mar 2013