George Street Market

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

George Street Market

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

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Category

Print

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