Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Fording the Snowy

Date made

1940 – 1940s

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 586

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 299A

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

20.4 x 25.4 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, 4 proofs; 2nd state, edition of 4

Production notes

1st state, line work only. 2nd state, addition of aquatint Mendelssohn (1987), 586, notes only 2 impressions of 1st state. NGA 83.347 notes 4 impressions of 1st state

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 on horse with pack-horse crossing the Snowy River, N.S.W.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90674

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013