The Tinsmith's shop, King Street, Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The Tinsmith's shop, King Street, Sydney
Other titles
Crabb's tinsmith's shop, King street, Sydney
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 256
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 285
Date made
1921
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
11.1 x 13.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
18.8 x 18.1 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state? of 3?; published state
Impression
standard proof
Edition information
1st state proofs only; 2nd state edition of 50
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1987), 256, notes 3 states. 1st state, before addition of the figure standing to the left of the carriageway. 2nd state, figure added [standard proof?] 3rd state?
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled at base of sheet (now detached) in black pencil, 'The Tinsmith's Shop King St'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'standard proof'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 285
Subject description
Street scene in front of the shop of, Harry Crabb tinsmith and sheet metal worker. King Street, Sydney, looking through to workers unloading materials from horse-drawn cart.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92457
Accession number
83.656
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