Greeting card: Here's luck
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 600
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 570
Date made
1954
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
8.2 x 11.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
12.1 x 13.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
no inscriptions
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right corner of sheet, '1954' Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 570
Subject description
Christmas card showing man from the bush carrying a swag sharing a drink with Santa Claus carrying a patched sack.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93164
Accession number
83.95
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