A bye-way, Flinders Lane.
Primary Artist
John Shirlow (1869–1936)
Title
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
Category
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1st state unpublished a few proofs only; 2nd State edition of 25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