Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Plate for "Sussex Street forge" [recto]

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 155

Date made

1917

Place made

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

Category

Matrix

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etched copper plate

Matrix size

9.8 x 13.4 cm (printing plate)

State

published state

Production notes

On the verso of this etched copper plate, is a portrait of Chris Brennan.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed on label verso in pen and blue ink, 'Not to be / reprinted / For Alan Queale's / Collection / from Lionel Lindsay'. Text on accompanying card in typescript, 'SUSSEX STREET FORGE. / This is a bitten plate for an / Etching. / You have seen this evening xxx a / print pulled from this plate'.

Subject description

The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

93437

Accession number

83.1055A

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

04 Jan 2013