A bye-way, Flinders Lane.

Primary Artist

John Shirlow (1869–1936)

Title

A bye-way, Flinders Lane.

Other titles

Bye-way

Source

From Twelve etchings by John Shirlow. Melbourne: the artist, 1896

Page or Plate number

no.4

Reference

Shirlow (list), 4

Date made

1896

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate

Matrix size

22.3 x 7.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

buff wove paper

Support size

33.4 x 16.3 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

1st state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

1st state unpublished a few proofs only; 2nd State edition of 25

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'John Shirlow'

Subject description

Street scene of rear of houses in Flinders Lane, with spire of Scots Presbyterian Church in distance, Melbourne, Victoria.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

91063

Accession number

83.1188

Accession method

Director's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 1983.

Credit line

Purchased 1983

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Country of context

Australia

Creators

SHIRLOW, John | (1869–1936) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013