The Little Pool, old and Customs House, River Yarra Melbourne
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The Little Pool, old and Customs House, River Yarra Melbourne
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 109
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 505
Date made
1914
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
14.6 x 20.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove Millburne paper
Support size
18.4 x 25.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
proof on Millburne paper
Edition information
final 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, 'The Little Pool, Yarra and / Customs House.' Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof on Millburne'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 505
Subject description
Sailing boats docked at "the Little Pool" on the River Yarra near old Customs House, corner of Flinders and William Streets, Melbourne.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92400
Accession number
83.632
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