The Never Never, a composition

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The Never Never, a composition

Other titles

On the plains

Date made

1924

Place made

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

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Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 328

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 59

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

spirit-aquatint, printed in green/black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

16.6 x 24.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

final state, edition of 75 [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

Landscape of brolgas drinking by a waterhole in the evening light.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90987

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.482

State

published state

Impression

proof

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