The fossicker

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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The fossicker

Other titles

The old fossicker

Date made

1923

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 301

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 5

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

19.8 x 27.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

final state, edition of 30 [50?]

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 301, notes edition of 30, although sme marked 50.

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92349

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013

Impressions

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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.615

State

published state

Impression

proof on 18th century paper

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