The shanty on the rise

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The shanty on the rise

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

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Category

Print

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