Demolition of the Girls' High School, Sydney.
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Demolition of the Girls' High School, Sydney.
Other titles
Last of the girls' high school.
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 322
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 87
Date made
1924
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
8.8 x 19.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
14.9 x 25.9 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
25/75
Edition information
final state, edition of 75
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1987), 322, notes that some impressions give the edition as 50 or 35.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '25/75'. Titled lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Demolitionof Girls High School'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet, 'Demolition of the Girls High School for David Jones' big store / St Marys in distance LL'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 87
Subject description
The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92627
Accession number
83.735
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