Great Tower, Sydney University
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Great Tower, Sydney University
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 530
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 520
Date made
1936
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
26.1 x 20.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
32.4 x 24.5 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state
Impression
proof of 1st state
Edition information
State proofs, final state edition of 100; plus proofs.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre halfway between plate-mark and sheet edge, 'Great Tower Sydney University'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark, '1st state'..
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 520
Subject description
Architectural study of the Great Tower designed by Edmund Blacket, Sydney University.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92532
Accession number
83.689
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