Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Silver pheasant

Date made

1936

Reference

Mendelssohn (1982), 51

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 101

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block

Text printed from matrix

printed lower right within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'. [not in 1st or 2nd state]

Matrix size

20.4 x 14.3 cm (printed image)

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

Subject category

Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Study of a male silver pheasant (lophura nycthemera) standing in a garden.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92808

Creators

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