Pawnbroker of the Argyle Cut

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Pawnbroker of the Argyle Cut

Other titles

Corn Duffy's, pawnbroker

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 148

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 749

Date made

1917

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

13.3 x 12.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thick cream wove paper

Support size

20.0 x 17.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

proof

Edition information

edition of 30; plus additional artist's proofs lettered A-C

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 148, notes final state edition of 50. NGA 1983.537 is a proof for an edition of 30

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 Pawnbroker of the / Argyle Cut'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, '2.2.0 [2 guineas]'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 64

Subject description

The shop of the pawnbroker Corn Duffy was situated on the corner of Argyle Street and Essex Street, Sydney.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92684

Accession number

83.756

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