Old houses built by Lang's masons, Miller's Point, The Rocks, Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Old houses built by Lang's masons, Miller's Point, The Rocks, Sydney
Other titles
Lang's houses, The Rocks
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 533
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 282
Date made
1936
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
10.4 x 12.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin cream laid paper
Support size
13.8 x 18.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state
Impression
1st state proof
Edition information
State proofs; final state edion of 75 (planned but not completed); plus proofs
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, '1st state'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 342. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, 'Langes Houses'.
Subject description
Street scene of stone terrace houses built by skilled migrant labour assisted by Reverend Dr John Dunmore Lang, The Rocks, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93113
Accession number
83.933
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