Argyle Cut, Sydney, from the rear

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Argyle Cut, Sydney, from the rear

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 135

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 39

Date made

1917

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

13.5 x 14.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

19.6 x 17.6 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

3nd state of 3, published state

Impression

proof F

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, a few proofs; 3rd state, edition of 50, plus additional artists proofs inscribed A-F

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, 'Argyle Cut from rear'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof F'

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 39

Subject description

Street scene of horse-drawn cart and pedestrians at the Argyle Cut, The Rocks, Sydney with steps from Argyle to Cumberland Streets at left.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92682

Accession number

83.755

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