Old Kent Street, Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Kent Street, Sydney
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 362
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 399
Date made
1925
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
9.4 x 16.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese paper
Support size
13.8 x 22.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
6/75
Edition information
state proofs; final state edition of 75, plus additional proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'old Kent St'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 6 ed / 75'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 399
Subject description
Street scene of horse-drawn cart passing houses on Kent Street, The Rocks, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92590
Accession number
83.718
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