St. Andrew's towers, Sydney.
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 132
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 82
Date made
1916
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and drypoint, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
16.0 x 12.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
21.0 x 17.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
4th state of 4; published state
Impression
27/50
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, proofs only; 3rd state, proofs only; 4th 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, 'St Andrews Towers'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 27'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 82
Subject description
Urban scene of woman doing washing in poor area of Sydney with the towers of St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral in the background.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92518
Accession number
83.682
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