The great fig tree, Berry's Bay, Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The great fig tree, Berry's Bay, Sydney
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 302
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 214
Date made
1923
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
spirit-aquatint and roulette, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
15.5 x 23.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
17.8 x 27.3 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
50/75
Edition information
final state, edition of 75
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, 'The great Fig Tree Berry's Bay Sydney'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof on old paper No 50/75'. Inscribed right in black pencil, 'This burnt with the fire that / burned The Timber Yard'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 214
Subject description
Harbour scene of fig tree, houses, man in boat on shoreline at Berrys Bay, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90972
Accession number
83.476
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