The lolly shop, Essex Street, The Rocks
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The lolly shop, Essex Street, The Rocks
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 305
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 61
Date made
1923
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, and foul biting, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
10.8 x 12.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
20.2 x 18.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
artist's proof
Edition information
final state, edition of 75
Production notes
AGNSW 228, Study for etching 'The lolly shop, Essex Street', The Rocks, conté, crayon, wash, purchased 1931
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 Lolly Shop'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'artist proof'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 61
Subject description
Street scene of girls outside a lolly shop, Essex Street, The Rocks, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92438
Accession number
83.648
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