Christmas
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 518
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 156
Date made
1935
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
15.2 x 25.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
20.0 x 29.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
3rd state of 3; published state
Impression
15/100
Edition information
edition of 100; 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, 'Christmas'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '15/100'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 156
Subject description
Rural scene of man carrying swag arriving at Shamrock Hotel, a bush hotel owned by J Ryan. In front of the hotel are horses and dogs.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92374
Accession number
83.623
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
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013