The Rocks, from Princes Street
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The Rocks, from Princes Street
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 495
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 290
Date made
1931
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
13.2 x 27.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
Japanese vellum paper
Support size
19.0 x 31.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 3 (before clouds)
Impression
2nd state proof
Edition information
State proofs; final state edition of 75 planned but not published, plus proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. No date. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Rocks from Princes St'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '2nd state'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 290
Subject description
Street scene of goats grazing on unused land, Princes Street, The Rocks, Sydney with view to Grosvenor Hotel and St Philip's anglican church, Kent Street.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92495
Accession number
83.671
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