The shanty on the rise

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The shanty on the rise

Date made

1922

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 287

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 718

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink, with plate-tone, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

18.4 x 13.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 50, plus proofs

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Rural scene of two men carrying swags and billy cans, accompanied by dog, walking along track towards old farm house.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92090

Creators

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

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.509

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

proof on 1823 Whatman paper

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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.629

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

proof on 1803 Whatman paper

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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.63

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

proof on 1805 Whatman paper

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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.631

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

44/50

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