Silver pheasant
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1982), 51
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 101
Date made
1936
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
20.4 x 14.3 cm (printed image)
Support
thin laid paper
Support size
23.7 x 17.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
3rd state of 3; published state
Impression
?/100
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, proofs only; 3rd state, edition of 100
Production notes
NGA 76.1637.1-2, Studies of pheasants, pencil, Gift of Sir James McGregor 1976 1st state, working state, bird only engraved, block only partially inked 2nd state, proof before signature, foreground grass and nasturtiums 3rd state, with signature
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'Silver Pheasant'. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, '100'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 101
Subject description
Study of a male silver pheasant (lophura nycthemera) standing in a garden.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92808
Accession number
83.801
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 category
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