Tramping for tucker

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Tramping for tucker

Other titles

On the wallaby

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 147a

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 386

Date made

1917

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

aquatint, etching, burnishing, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Matrix size

12.6 x 21.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thick cream wove paper

Support size

19.2 x 29.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

2nd state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; final state, at least 6 proofs

Production notes

1st state, line etching. 2nd state, addition of aquatint.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Tramping for Tucker'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 386

Subject description

Rural scene of itinerant men walking along a track in the evening, carring swags and billies, in search of food.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92288

Accession number

83.59

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