Old Essex Street from George Street.
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Old Essex Street from George Street.
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 55
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 43
Date made
1911
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, drypoint and foulbiting, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
9.5 x 13.1 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin cream laid British paper
Support size
16.4 x 20.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: 'MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN'.
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
proof E
Edition information
1st state 1 proof; 2nd state edition of 30 (25?); plus additional lettered 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, 'Old Essex St'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof E Ed / 25'.'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 43 Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, 'rare. 3.3 [3 guineas]'.
Subject description
The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93107
Accession number
83.931
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