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

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Category

Print

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