Travelling shearer
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Travelling shearer
Other titles
Returning home
Date made
1919Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 257
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 70
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Text printed from matrix
Printed lower left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.
Matrix size
11.2 x 10.8 cm (plate-mark)
Edition information
final state, edition of 50
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 man on horseback with spare horse riding through gum trees on his return from shearing work.
Country of context
Australia
Legacy id
90979
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013
Impressions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia | 83.479
State
published state
Impression
proof 'on XVIII paper'
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National Gallery of Australia | 76.1188
State
published state
Impression
proof on 1823 Whatman paper
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