Brick yard, St Peters
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Source
Brick factory, St Peters
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 587
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 519
Date made
1943 – c.1945
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
24.8 x 18.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
30.7 x 23.1 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
no edition, only a few impressions printed
Production notes
The NGA has a related pen and ink drawing, 'Old brick works at St. Peters Nov.6 1918'. The print is in reverse of the drawing with some slight variations in the depictions of some details (such as the steps).
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, 'Brick Yard St Peters'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 519
Subject description
Urban scene of worker at bottom of clay pit loading clay onto vertical conveyor with factory and kiln at the top, St Peters, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90829
Accession number
83.411
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