The sultan is indisposed

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Primary Artist

Norman Lindsay (1879–1969)

Title

The sultan is indisposed

Reference

Bloomfield (1998), 364

Date made

1937

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, engraving and stipple, printed in blue ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

24.0 x 20.2 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thin cream wove paper

Support size

36.0 x 32.3 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

8/50

Edition information

edition of 50 [Plate extant: NGA 1984.1733, Gift of Keith Wingrove, 1984.]

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right in black pencil, 'Norman Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed in black pencil, 'No 8...50 The Sultan is Indisposed'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

97976

Accession number

83.1081

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.

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, Norman | (1879–1969) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013