Scott's Church, Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Lang's church, Sydney
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 371
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 204
Date made
1925
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
12.2 x 13.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
18.5 x 17.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
8/75
Edition information
final state, edition of 75
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, 'Lang's Church'. Inscribed with edition details lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No. 8 ed 75'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'John Dunmore Lang's Church / when the rough cast front / has not been spoiled.'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 204
Subject description
Street scene of horse-drawn carriage and people outside Scots Presbyterian Church, built by Reverend Dr John Dunmore Lang, corner Jamison and York Streets, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92632
Accession number
83.737
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