Officers quarters, Kent Street
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Officers quarters, Kent Street
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 72
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 393
Date made
1912
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
16.8 x 15.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
21.8 x 18.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2 (with clouds), published state
Impression
undesignated proof
Edition information
1st state 4 impressions; 2nd state edition of 50, plus additional artist's proofs
Production notes
An impression annotated by the artist as 'first state' was illustrated in 'Art in Australia' 3.23 March 1928, plate no.29.
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, 'Officers Quarters'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'second state'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 319
Subject description
Street scene of pedestrians and horse-drawn buggy outside the Officers' Quarters on Kent Street, The Rocks, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90728
Accession number
83.367
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