Rocks Resumption, with St. Philip's Church
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Rocks Resumption, with St. Philip's Church
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 151
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 488
Date made
1917
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, from one plate
Matrix size
30.2 x 19.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
35.0 x 23.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
32/50
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No.32'. Inscribed [on sheet now detached] in black pencil, 'Sydney / Rocks Resumption £2.10 1953'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 488
Subject description
Urban scene of workers demolishing buildings for land resumption at The Rocks, Sydney with spires of St. Philip's Anglican Church, York Street in the background.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92424
Accession number
83.641
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