Hulks, Berry's Bay
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 222
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 429
Date made
1920
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and foul biting, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
16.8 x 24.9 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
22.8 x 28.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state of 2?
Impression
proof of 1st state
Edition information
1st state, a few impressions; 2nd state; edition of 50
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1987), 222, notes that 'LIONEL LINDSAY' appears printed lower right in the 1st state, but not on published state. NGA 83.745 1st state proof does not have such printed signature. >1st state, foreground and hulk compleated but no background. > 2nd state, background etched in
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Hulks Berry's Bay'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'first state'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 296
Subject description
Harbour scene: body of a dismantled ship moored near salvage yard at Berrys Bay, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92656
Accession number
83.745
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