Middle Harbour cypress, Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Middle Harbour cypress, Sydney
Other titles
A cypress
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 15
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 517A
Date made
1905 – c.1907
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
21.8 x 22.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
32.2 x 25.5 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state of 2
Impression
1st state proof
Edition information
Ist state, 3 proofs only; 2nd state edition of 25
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Titled and inscribed lower centre below plate-mark, 'Middle Harbour Cypress / Line for mezzotint / near completed.'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 517A
Subject description
Landscape of goats and bush cypress trees at Middle Harbour, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90672
Accession number
83.346
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