Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The sailor's boarding house

Other titles

Miller's Point [2]

Date made

1925

Place made

Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 369

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 79

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed signature, lower right within image 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

12.0 x 15.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

final state, edition of 50 [75]

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 369, notes final state edition of 50, but notes some inscribed as edition of 75

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Street scene of sailors meeting outside sailor's boarding house, Miller's Point, Sydney.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92508

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025