The Rocks, Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
The Rocks area, Sydney.
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 58
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 521
Date made
1911
Date details
1936, reworked
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
mezzotint and etching, printed in black ink, with plate-tone
Matrix size
16.2 x 20.6 cm (printed image)
Support
thin wove paper
Support size
19.4 x 24.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: ' & Co'.
State
2nd state? of 3
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state, 1 impression only; 2nd state, edition of 30; 3rd state reworked 1936, unknown number of impressions
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below image but within plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower centre below image but within plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Rocks'. Inscribed lower right below image but within plate-mark in black pencil, 'mezzotint'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 521
Subject description
Cityscape from Dawes Point Park looking down onto horse-drawn carts along Hickson Road and across to houses of The Rocks, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92542
Accession number
83.694
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