The old Evening News Office, Market Street, Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The old Evening News Office, Market Street, Sydney
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 391
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 515
Date made
1926
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, drypoint and aquatint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
20.0 x 15.5 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
32.8 x 23.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state of 2
Impression
proof of 1st state
Edition information
1st state, at least 1 proof, 2nd state edition of 50
Production notes
1st state, imaged etched 2nd state, plate reduced by about 1cm on left side
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 old Evening News Office, / Market St'. Inscribed lower centre after signature in black pencil, 'first state before the ptate is cut'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 515
Subject description
Street scene of horse-drawn carts and pedestrians outside the Evening News newspaper offices, Market Street, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92538
Accession number
83.692
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