George Street Market
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Old George Street markets
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 112
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 516
Date made
1914
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
22.6 x 14.9 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
27.0 x 18.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state of 2
Impression
proof of 1st state
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state edition of 50
Production notes
1st state, before cross-hatching and etched signature 2nd state, extensive cross-hatching in foreground and etched signature
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '1st state'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 516
Subject description
Market sellers and customers outside the George Street Markets, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92441
Accession number
83.649
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