Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Drafting sheep

Date made

1947

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 583, ii

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 276

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and foul biting, printed in warm black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

21.2 x 27.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, 4 proofs; final state edition of 20.

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 sheep farmers and dogs separating sheep into pens.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92292

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013