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 brown ink, from one plate

Matrix size

12.6 x 24.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thick cream wove paper

Support size

18.8 x 30.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

2nd state of 2?; published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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, '(50 proofs) aquatint'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 450

Subject description

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

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92237

Accession number

83.574

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