Nat, the circus hand and a much used model
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Nat, the circus hand and a much used model
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 52
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 360
Date made
1911
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and foul biting, printed in green/black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
8.0 x 6.5 cm (plate-mark)
Support
laid paper
Support size
11.8 x 10.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
5/25
Edition information
final state edion of 25 planned, but few printed.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Ed 25'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 5'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Inscribed left along bottom of sheet in black pencil, 'Nat the circus hand'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 360
Subject description
Portrait of Nat in profile, a circus hand and model.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92278
Accession number
83.586
Accession method
Bequest
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.
Credit line
Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist