Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The Great Dane (a beserker sailor)

Date made

1929

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 219

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

08 Jan 2013