The march hare

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The march hare

Other titles

Old Tom O'Bedlam

Date made

1919

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 197

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 92

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

no imprint. Printed text on advertisment sheet, 'THE / WEEKLY / TELEGRAPH / Pears / Soap / I use no other / GOLD PLATE'.

Matrix size

15.7 x 8.4 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

final state, edition of 50

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

An eccentric man dressed in women's clothes, carrying suitcases and wearing a copy of The Weekly Telegraph around his neck.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

93161

Creators

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

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.949

State

published state

Impression

6/50

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