Birthplace of David Scott Mitchell, Cumberland Street, Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Birthplace of David Scott Mitchell, Cumberland Street, Sydney
Other titles
David Mitchell's birthplace, Cumberland Street
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 87
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 341
Date made
1913
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
13.2 x 9.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove paper
Support size
19.0 x 14.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state state of 2; published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
State proofs; final state edition of 50, plus additional proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'David Mitchell's birthplace / Cumberland St'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 341
Subject description
Street scene of boys playing outside Cumberland Place residence of Dr James Mitchell in The Rocks, Sydney. David Scott Mitchell actually born Military Hospital, Macquarie Street.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92610
Accession number
83.728
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
19 Mar 2013