Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The Great Dane (a beserker sailor)

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 219

Date made

1929

Place made

Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 368

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and roulette, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

no imprint

Matrix size

12.0 x 6.8 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

final state edition of 25 projected but few printed, plus proofs

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

Portrait of a Danish sailor imagined as a Viking fighter.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90772

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025