Burden and heat of the day

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: Burden and heat of the day | Date: 1938 | Technique: drypoint, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Burden and heat of the day

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 388

Date made

1938

Place made

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

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Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 295

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

14.8 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

State proofs; final state edition of 75, plus proofs

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Rural scene of man and dog resting under a gum tree.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92298

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: Burden and heat of the day | Date: 1938 | Technique: drypoint, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.595

State

1st state of 2

Impression

1 state proof

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Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: Burden and heat of the day | Date: 1938 | Technique: etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.596

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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