The smithy window, Ambleside
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
The Ambleside smithy
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 335
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 15
Date made
1924
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint and etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
17.7 x 20.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
21.0 x 23.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
21/75
Edition information
edition of 75
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 Smithy Window'. Inscribed lower right below image in black pencil, '21/75'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 15
Subject description
Blacksmith working by a window in his shop amongst his tools including hammer, anvil, clamp and grinding wheels.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90736
Accession number
83.37
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