Portico, Old Education Department Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Portico, Old Education Department Sydney
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 171
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 264
Date made
1918
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
20.2 x 12.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
laid 'Hand Made' paper
Support size
25.8 x 17.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark, 'Hand Made'.
State
final state; published state
Impression
23/50
Edition information
final state edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Portico Education Dept'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 23/50'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 264
Subject description
Street scene of man leaving the Old Education Department, Sydney on a rainy day.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92662
Accession number
83.748
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