In the days of the Push

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

In the days of the Push

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

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Category

Print

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