Fording the Snowy

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Fording the Snowy

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 586

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 299

Date made

1940 – 1940s

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink with plate, from one plate

Matrix size

20.4 x 25.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

wove paper

Support size

25.6 x 31.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

1st state of 2

Impression

1st state proof

Edition information

1st state, 4 proofs; 2nd state, edition of 4

Production notes

1st state, line work only. 2nd state, addition of aquatint Mendelssohn (1987), 586, notes only 2 impressions of 1st state. NGA 83.347 notes 4 impressions of 1st state

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '1st State'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 299

Subject description

Rural scene of man on horse with pack-horse crossing the Snowy River, N.S.W.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

93146

Accession number

83.944

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