The old 'New York' hotel, Lower George Street, Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The old 'New York' hotel, Lower George Street, Sydney
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 67
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 35
Date made
1912
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
15.3 x 20.3 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove Millburne paper
Support size
21.6 x 25.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
proof
Edition information
State proofs; final state edition of 50; plus additional artist's proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The old New York Hotel / (Lower George St Sydney)'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof on Millburnes'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 35
Subject description
Street scene of policemen arresting drunk outside Thomas Cogan's New York Hotel, Lower George Street, Sydney while shopkeeper, sailor and dog look on.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92422
Accession number
83.64
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