Essex steps
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Old Essex steps
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 360
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 81
Date made
1925
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
16.7 x 12.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
21.3 x 16.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
32/50
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 50, plus proofs
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 on black pencil, 'at the 'Essex Steps'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '32/50'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 81
Subject description
Street scene of people on and near the Essex stairs, end of Essex Street, The Rocks, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92674
Accession number
83.751
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