His only pair.

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

His only pair.

Date made

1937

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 542

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 171

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

No imprint.

Matrix size

20.3 x 13.8 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 75 planned but not completed

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 sitting under a tree on his swag mending his only pair of trousers while his billy boils.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90964

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.472

State

published state

Impression

8/75

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