Old commissariat stores, Circular Quay.
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Old commissariat stores, Circular Quay.
Other titles
Free commissariat stores
Old government stores
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 73
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 393
Date made
1912
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
16.0 x 20.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
19.6 x 24.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 3; published state
Impression
12/50
Edition information
1st state proofs only; 2nd state edition of 50; 3rd state (clouds removed) proofs only
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Ed 50'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 12'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 319
Subject description
Harbour scene of old Commissariat Stores (now demolished) at west Circular Quay, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93413
Accession number
83.1046
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