Blackwalled house, the Rocks area, Cumberland Street, Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Blackwalled house, the Rocks area, Cumberland Street, Sydney
Other titles
Black walled house, the Rocks area, Cumberland Street, Sydney
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 120
Date made
1916
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
13.8 x 17.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
17.8 x 19.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state of 2
Impression
1st state proof
Edition information
1st state a few proofs only; 2nd state edition of 50, plus proofs
Production notes
1st state, without figures and cart at left. 2nd state, addition of figures and cart at left
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Black Walled House'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'first state'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet, 'standard'.
Subject description
Street scene of people outside house in Cumberland Street, The Rocks, Sydney. Circus posters on wall at right.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
39345
Accession number
76.885
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 5, 1976/77 (1976-11-09)
Provenance
Robert Campbell. Purchased from the Estate of Robert Campbell, Canberra, 1976.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013