Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The three cocks

Date made

1942

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 567

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 38

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

line-engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

11.6 x 17.4 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, proofs only; 3rd state, proofs only; 4th state, proofs only; 5th state, edition of 50, plus proofs

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 567 illustration is cropped at top and bottom.

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 three roosters of different species.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92430

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013