The Summit

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The Summit

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 385

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 462

Date made

1923 – c.1925

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 black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

22.0 x 14.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

28.3 x 19.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state?

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

a few proofs only, efition unknown probably not published

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

no inscriptions

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower base of sheet (noe detached) in black pencil, 'The SUMMIT'. Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 462

Subject description

Rural scene of swagman and his dog resting at the top of a mountain.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92219

Accession number

83.568

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