Old fruit markets, Queen Street, Melbourne

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Old fruit markets, Queen Street, Melbourne

Other titles

Melbourne markets

Western fruit markets

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 141

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 293]

Date made

1917

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

25.2 x 19.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

wove paper

Support size

32.6 x 25.4 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

trial proof

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 50

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'old Fruit markets / Queen St Melbourne'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Trial'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 293]

Subject description

Workers and horse-drawn carts at the Queen Victoria markets, Queen Street, Melbourne.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92653

Accession number

83.743

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