The bush safe
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The bush safe
Other titles
Out of reach
Date made
1925Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 343
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 464a
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Text printed from matrix
no imprint
Matrix size
12.3 x 18.6 cm (plate-mark)
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, a few proofs; 3rd state, edition of 25
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1987), 343, notes that this might be a private plate for William Dixson
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 prospector near his shack, storing valuables in a sack which he hoists into a tree for safe-keeping.
Country of context
Australia
Legacy id
92234
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013
Impressions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia | 83.573
State
3rd state of 3; published state
Impression
undesignated impression
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