In the days of the Push
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Whalers' Arms, in the days of the push
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 535
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 403
Date made
1936
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
20.0 x 15.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
27.8 x 21.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
artist's proof
Edition information
final state edition of 75, 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 in black pencil, 'In the days of the push'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'a.p.'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 403. Inscribed lower left of sheet, 'WHALERS ARMS, ROCKS AREA'.
Subject description
Imagined street scene of "The Rocks Push" gang members terrorizing local residents outside the Whaler's Arms Hotel, Cumberland Place, The Rocks, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90850
Accession number
83.421
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