The crab

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The crab

Other titles

The blue crab

Date made

1931

Reference

Mendelssohn (1982), 155

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 750

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower centre within image, "LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

14.4 x 21.4 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition of 100

Subject category

Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Study of a crab on a sea rock.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92185

Creators

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

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.555

State

published state

Impression

29/100

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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.538

State

published state

Impression

75/100

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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 77.714.29

State

published state

Impression

29/100

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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.833

State

published state

Impression

29/100

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Collection

Art Gallery of Western Australia

State

published state

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State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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