Fort Dawes, Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Dawes Battery
Fort Dawes
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 159
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 406
Date made
1918
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
spirit-aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
11.6 x 16.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
17.2 x 21.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
9/50
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; final state edition of 50, plus proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Fort Dawes'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 19 ed 50' Inscribed centre at base of sheet, 'Standard'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 406
Subject description
Buildings surrounding the old Dawes Point battery, The Rocks, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92582
Accession number
83.714
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