The drover

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The drover

Date made

1924

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 325

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 175

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

no imprint

Matrix size

18.4 x 22.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

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

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

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

93152

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.946

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

proof on Whatman paper

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