The edge of the plain, NSW
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 162
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 485
Date made
1918
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone with wiped hightlights, from one plate
Matrix size
18.1 x 25.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
22.8 x 28.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
proof
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, edition of 30, plus proofs
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, 'The edge of the Plain'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 485
Subject description
The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92189
Accession number
83.557
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