The edge of the plain, NSW

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: The edge of the plain, NSW | Date: 1918 | Technique: drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone with wiped hightlights, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The edge of the plain, NSW

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 162

Date made

1918

Place made

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

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Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 485

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone with wiped hightlights, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed signature lower right within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

18.1 x 25.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, edition of 30, 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

The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92189

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: The edge of the plain, NSW | Date: 1918 | Technique: drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone with wiped hightlights, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.557

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

proof

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