Old Queen's Theatre, Queen Street, Melbourne
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Old Queen's Theatre, Queen Street, Melbourne
Other titles
Old Queen's Theatre and Fire Tower, Melbourne
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 146
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 335
Date made
1917
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
15.3 x 14.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove paper
Support size
21.6 x 17.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
3rd state of 3?; published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, a few proofs; 3rd state, edition of 50
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, 'Old Queen's Theatre and Fire Tower / Melbourne'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 335
Subject description
Street scene of horse-drawn cart and pedestrians outside Queen's Theatre and adjacent Fire Tower, Queen Street, Melbourne.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92434
Accession number
83.646
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