Ashmore House, Old Kent Street, Sydney demolished 1912
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Ashmore House, Old Kent Street, Sydney demolished 1912
Other titles
Old Kent Street mansion
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 137
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 78
Date made
1917
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
13.8 x 17.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
20.6 x 21.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
4th state of 4; published state
Impression
25/30
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, a few proofs; 3rd, a few proofs; 4th state, edition of 30 [50?]
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1987), 137, notes final state edition of 50. NGA 1983.681 is from an edition of 30.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Ashmore House'. Inscribed lower right in black pencil, '25/30'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 78
Subject description
Workers, horse and oak barrells in front of Ashmore House, Kent Street, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92516
Accession number
83.681
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