Abandoned abattoir
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Deserted abattoir
Glebe abattoir
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 165
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 432
Date made
1918
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, aquatint and drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
20.0 x 30.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin wove paper
Support size
25.6 x 36.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
3rd state of 3; published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
ist state, proofs only; 2nd state, proofs only; 3rd state edition of 50, but not all printed, plus proofs
Production notes
NLA, study for etching Abandoned abattoirs, pencil drawing
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Not dated.Inscribed lower right hand corner of sheet, '£3.3.0 [3 guineas].
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with title lower left at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Abandoned Abbators [sic]'. Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 432
Subject description
The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92564
Accession number
83.705
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