The march hare
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Old Tom O'Bedlam
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 197
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 92
Date made
1919
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
15.7 x 8.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin cream laid paper
Support size
22.6 x 14.7 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
6/50
Edition information
final state, edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The March Hare'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 6'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'an old Sydney Tom of Bedlam'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, '£2.2 [2 guineas]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 92
Subject description
An eccentric man dressed in women's clothes, carrying suitcases and wearing a copy of The Weekly Telegraph around his neck.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93161
Accession number
83.949
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