Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The bathers

Date made

1917

Place made

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

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 138

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 351

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, roulette, aquatint, printed in green-black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

10.6 x 7.3 cm (printed image)

Edition information

1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, edition of 50, 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

Three naked women bathing in a stream surrounded by leafy trees.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

93065

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025