The old fossicker

Artist: b'LINDSAY, Lionel' | Title: b'The old fossicker' | Date: 1923 | Technique: b'drypoint, printed in bronw ink with plate-tone, from one plate' | Copyright: b'Courtesy of the National Library of Australia'
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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The old fossicker

Date made

1923

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 301

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 720

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

19.8 x 26.8 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

Rural scene of man fossicking for gold in creek.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92062

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013

Impressions

Artist: b'LINDSAY, Lionel' | Title: b'The old fossicker' | Date: 1923 | Technique: b'drypoint, printed in bronw ink with plate-tone, from one plate' | Copyright: b'Courtesy of the National Library of Australia'
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.495

State

published state

Impression

9/30

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