Mail and post office, Cracow, Queensland
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Mail and post office, Cracow, Queensland
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 503
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 151
Date made
1932
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
15.4 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove F.J. Head paper
Support size
19.4 x 28.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark, 'FJH &' [partial].
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
14/75
Edition information
State proofs,; final state edition of 75, plus proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Trucking Cracow Q'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '14/75'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 151
Subject description
Rural scene of horse-drawn carriage and group of men collecting mail from corrugated iron shed which serves as post office, Cracow, Queensland.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92312
Accession number
83.602
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