A bye-way, Flinders Lane.

Title

A bye-way, Flinders Lane.

Date made

1896

Place made

Australasia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate

Support

thin smooth cream wove paper

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

unpublished state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower centre to lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'John Shirlow'.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, '(30)'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '1896'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso centre in black pencil, 'LOT / 47 / Victor Cobb'.

Subject description

Street scene of rear of houses in Flinders Lane, with spire of Scots Presbyterian Church in distance, Melbourne, Victoria.

IRN

212840

Accession number

2011.906

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 6, 2010/2011 (2011-06-22)

Provenance

Purchased by Roger Butler, from the estate sale of Victor Cobb, Blackburn & Lockwood, Melbourne, 13 May 1977, lot 272 (part) Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Roger Butler, Canberra, 2011.

Credit line

Gift of Roger Butler AM, 2011.

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013