Argyle Cut

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Argyle Cut

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 33

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 330

Date made

1910

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

mezzotint, printed in black/blue ink, from one plate

Matrix size

15.3 x 15.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

wove paper

Support size

22.6 x 18.4 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark, 'O.W.P.'.

State

2nd state of 2, published state

Impression

undesignated proof

Edition information

1st state a few proofs only; 2nd state edition of 30, plus proofs.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below image but within plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. No date. Titled lower centre below image but within plate-mark in black pencil, 'Argyle Cut'. Inscribed lower right below image but within plate-mark, 'mezzotint'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 330

Subject description

Street scene of pedestrians and horse-drawn carts on Argyle Street at the Argyle cut, The Rocks, Sydney.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92615

Accession number

83.73

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