McLeod and mob in jail
Primary Artist
James Wigley (1918–1999)
Title
Date made
1955 – c.1956
Place made
Australia, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
25.0 x 19.6 cm (printed image)
Support
white wove paper
Support size
28.8 x 22.4 cm (sheet (sight))
State
published state
Impression
artist's proof 2/20
Edition information
edition of 20; plus artist's proof and new version edition 1/1
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'JWigley'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'McLeod + mob in jail'. Inscribed with edition details ower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'AP 2/20'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso in pen, ' 'McLeod and the Mob in Gaol'/ Etching by James Wigley/ Famous episode when Don McLeod & some of his/ aboriginal gang were gaoled in Port Hedland./ See McLeod's book How the West was lost/ Main aboriginal strike leaders - Dooley Bin Bin/ Clancy McKenna, Jacob Oberdoo/ Jim was not fully satisfied , and/ subsequently did a secon [sic] etching of/ the same subject, an edition of one,/ and gave it to me. [Burt King]'
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
170932
Accession number
2008.85
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 4, 2007/2008 (2008-02-26)
Provenance
Estate of Burt King. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, 2008
Credit line
Gordon Darling Australia and Pacific Print Fund, 2008
Creators
Wigley, James. | (1918–1999) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013