Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Invitation to exhibition at Decoration Galleries.

Source

Album of original art works assembled by R H Croll

Page or Plate number

p.14, top

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 244

Date made

1922

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

Category

Album

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching

Matrix size

9.8 x 6.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

paper

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Inscribed by Lindsay, 'I blush to / sign this print for you. It was / printed by Raymond Wallis.'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

15756

Accession number

96.592.20

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1995/96 (1996-06-26)

Provenance

The album was assembled by Robert Henderson Croll (1869-1947), writer, biorgrapher, art historian. (see ADB, vol.8, pp154-5). The Croll estate was sold by the book dealer Kenneth Hince (Melbourne) and Malvern Fine Art Gallery Melbourne. The album was acquired by Roger Butler from Malvern Fine Art Gallery prior to 1981. Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Roger Butler, Canberra, June 1996.

Credit line

Gift of Roger Butler 1996

Copyright

Courtesy of the National Library of Australia

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Art exhibition invitation

Country of context

Australia

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013