The prodigal son

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The prodigal son

Date made

1935

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 521

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 279

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

No imprint.

Matrix size

11.2 x 7.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

State proofs; final state edition of 100

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 young man in old clothes with swag and billy can, sitting on the ground, head bowed.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92548

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.697

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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