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

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Category

Print

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013