Old Mac

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Old Mac

Other titles

MacGregor, Snowy River shepherd

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 363

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 161

Date made

1925

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Matrix size

16.8 x 15.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream laid Whatman paper

Support size

21.6 x 20.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

proof on Whatman paper

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 35

Production notes

2nd state, plate reduced

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Old Mac'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof on Whatman / 1823'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 161

Subject description

Rural scene: portrait of a Mr MacGregor, Snowy River shepherd patting his kelpie dog.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

90975

Accession number

83.477

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