The bush smithy, Carcoar

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: The bush smithy, Carcoar | Date: 1925 | Technique: drypoint, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The bush smithy, Carcoar

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 304

Date made

1925

Place made

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

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Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 721

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

19.2 x 19.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 45

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 and horse at blacksmith's hut, Carcoar, central tablelands, N.S.W.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92086

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: The bush smithy, Carcoar | Date: 1925 | Technique: drypoint, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.507

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

proof on Frech paper

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