Bye-way
Primary Artist
John Shirlow (1869–1936)
Title
Other titles
A bye-way, Flinders Lane.
Source
Five etchings, 1904
Page or Plate number
plate 4
Work number
JS (1920), 4 as 'Bye-way, 1896 (Five Etchings)'.
Date made
1896 (dated)
Place made
Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate
Matrix size
22.3 x 7.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
paper
Support size
25.0 x 10.2 cm (sheet)
State
1st state of 2; unpublished
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state (with text 'Twelve Etchings No 4), unpublished, a few proofs only;
2nd state (with text 'Twelve Etchings No 4' burnished out), edition of 25
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
signed lower centre to lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'John Shirlow'.
not dated.
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
Provenance
Victor Cobb. Blackburn & Lockwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 May 1977, lot 147
Credit line
Gift of Roger Butler, 2011
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Shirlow, John. | (1869–1936) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
03 Sep 2026