Old Essex Street from George Street.
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Old Essex Street from George Street.
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 55
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 43
Date made
1911
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, drypoint and foul-biting, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
9.5 x 13.1 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
12.0 x 17.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
not published
Impression
cancellation proof
Edition information
1st state 1 proof; 2nd state edition of 30 (25?); plus additional lettered proofs
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, 'old Essex St'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'my first old Sydney etching'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 281
Subject description
The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92672
Accession number
83.75
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