Tramping for tucker
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
On the wallaby
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 174a
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 386
Date made
1917
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
12.6 x 21.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
laid paper
Support size
20.0 x 28.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state of 2?
Impression
1st state proof
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; final state, at least 6 proofs
Production notes
1st state, line etching. 2nd state, addition of aquatint.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '1st state'. Titled lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Line drawing for aquatint'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 321
Subject description
Rural scene of itinerant men walking along a track in the evening, carring swags and billies, in search of food.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92286
Accession number
83.589
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