Pawnbroker of the Argyle Cut
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Corn Duffy's, pawnbroker
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 148
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 749
Date made
1917
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
13.3 x 12.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
18.2 x 16.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
proof C
Edition information
edition of 30; plus additional artist's proofs lettered A-C
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1987), 148, notes final state edition of 50. NGA 1983.537 is a proof for an edition of 30
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, 'Pawnbroker Argyle Cut'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof C ed / 30'. Inscribed lower right hand corner of sheet in black pencil, '805 [£] 2.12.6
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 749
Subject description
The shop of the pawnbroker Corn Duffy was situated on the corner of Argyle Street and Essex Street, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92147
Accession number
83.537
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
09 Jan 2013