The Sundowner

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The Sundowner

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 253

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 176

Date made

1921

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

aquatint and burnishing, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

12.6 x 24.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove Whatman 1824 paper

Support size

21.8 x 28.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark, 'WHATMAN / 1824'.

State

2nd state of 2?; published state

Impression

proof

Edition information

1st state, proofs only; final state, edition of 50, plus proofs

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Singned lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Sundowner'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof onold Whatman paper 1824'. '(Standard Proof) Do not cut paper / see watermark'. Inscribed lower right below signature in black pencil, 'For Alan Queale, I drew this not far from / Hornsby attracted by the / skeleton trees against the sunset / The print sold out very quickly and / I had a letter from a Victorian Girl / begging me to let her have one + which I sent her / as a present. By return she sent me / a magnificent turkey. a superb / Quid pro Quo!'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 176

Subject description

Rural scene, near Hornsby of man with swag and dog walking towards home at sunset.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92346

Accession number

83.614

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

19 Mar 2013