Land of the Crow
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 352
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 12
Date made
1925
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
24.8 x 30.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
Japanese paper
Support size
29.8 x 35.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
artist's proof
Edition information
final state edition of 35 [60?]
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1987), 352, notes final state edition of 35. NGA 83.572 seems to indicate edition of 60.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Land of the Crow'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'artist proof on Jap [edition] 60'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 12
Subject description
Rural scene of two swagmen carrying billy cans and swags walking down road lined with dead gum trees, accompanied by dog.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92228
Accession number
83.571
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