Old Education Department from Bridge Street
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Old Education Department from Bridge Street
Other titles
Historic tree, Old Education Department from Bridge Street
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 106
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 246
Date made
1914
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
12.4 x 22.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove F.J. Head paper
Support size
19.0 x 27.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: 'F.J. Head'
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state, at least 1 proof; 2nd state, edition of 50, 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 below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Old Education Dept from Bridge St.'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 246
Subject description
Street scene of pedestrians and horse-drawn cart in front of education department from Bridge Street, Sydney. Hotel Metropole on Bent Street is in the background.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92658
Accession number
83.746
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