The goat's dance
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 35
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 475
Date made
1910
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
17.0 x 21.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2?; not published
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, 4 proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. No date. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Goats Dance'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'a few proofs only'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 475
Subject description
Mythological scene of satyrs playing music and dancing with a goat.
IRN
93047
Accession number
83.911
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.
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