Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Greeting card: May the spirit of Sairey Gamp be with you

Date made

1956

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 603

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 569

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and drypoint, printed in black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, LIONEL LINDSAY / AFTER TS'. Printed lower left to right, ' May the Spirit of Sairey / Gamp be with you to put / your Lips to it when so / disposed'.

Matrix size

8.8 x 6.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition unknown

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

Humorous scene of Sairey Gamp (disreputable nurse in Charles Dickens novel) sipping alcohol from a medicine cup.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

93170

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013