The drover

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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The drover

Date made

1924

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 325

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left corner within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'. [hard to see due to inking]

Matrix size

18.2 x 22.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; final state, edition of 30

Subject description

Rural scene of drover herding cattle through landscape with large gum tree in foreground.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

58915

Creators

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

Impressions

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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 86.2148

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

proof on Japanese vellum

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