Pastoral
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 170
Date made
1918
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
softground-etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
16.8 x 20.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
26.2 x 33.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
3rd state of 3; published state
Impression
19/50
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, proofs only; 3rd state proposed edition of 50, edition not completed
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 19'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Inscribed with signature lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sid Long ['d Long' underlined]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed centre right of sheet in black pencil, '14 3/4 x 14 3/4 [denotes framing specifications]'. Inscribed lower right of sheet in black pencil, '3 / 3 3 / 4 [denotes framing specifications]'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, '908 B [illeg.] / July [?]'.
Subject description
Landscape of trees and people near water at sunset. Sid Long signature at lower left.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
110037
Accession number
81.108
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 5, 1980/81 (1981-02-09)
Provenance
KCollection of Keith Kingrove (1910-1995), who formed a major collection of material relating to Norman Lindsay (1879-1969) and the art of Bookplates. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Keith Wingrove, Highgate, South Australia, February 1981.
Credit line
Purchased 1981
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LONG, Sydney | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | print after
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | engraver