Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The pipe of baccy

Date made

1924

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 332

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 168

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

17.7 x 11.8 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, a few proofs; 3rd state, edition of 75

Production notes

#rd state, plate reduced in size

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 two swagmen with billy cans and swags meeting on road, the older one asking for tobacco.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92380

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013