Steps of the Sailor's Return, The Rocks, Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Steps of the Sailor's Return, The Rocks, Sydney
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 69
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 395
Date made
1912
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and drypoint, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
20.8 x 15.7 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
27.4 x 19.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
artist's proof
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state edition of 50, plus additional artist's 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, 'Steps of the Sailower rights Return / The Rocks Sydney'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'ap'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 395
Subject description
Street scene of boys pulling cart of wood, man and woman talking at stone steps, near the Sailor's Return hotel, The Rocks, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92586
Accession number
83.716
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