Fort Dawes
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 90
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 86
Date made
1913
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
11.0 x 16.5 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove F.J. Head paper
Support size
19.2 x 22.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark, 'FJH &'. [partial]
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
artist's proof
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. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Fort Daws' Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'artists proof'. inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, '2.12.6'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 86
Subject description
Cannon at the old Dawes Point battery, The Rocks, Sydney. Building demolished to make way for Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92474
Accession number
83.664
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