Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The drafting gate, Bendemeer

Date made

1925

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 348

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 152

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

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

Matrix size

19.0 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, 3 proofs; final state, edition of 35

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 sheep farmers separating sheep for shearing at Bendemeer, N.S.W.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90966

Creators

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