Argyle Cut, Sydney, from the rear

Artist: b'LINDSAY, Lionel' | Title: b'Argyle Cut, Sydney, from the rear' | Date: 1917 | Technique: b'etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate' | Copyright: b'Courtesy of the National Library of Australia'
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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Argyle Cut, Sydney, from the rear

Date made

1917

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 135

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 39

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

13.5 x 14.4 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, a few proofs; 3rd state, edition of 50, plus additional artists proofs inscribed A-F

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 horse-drawn cart and pedestrians at the Argyle Cut, The Rocks, Sydney with steps from Argyle to Cumberland Streets at left.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92682

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013

Impressions

Artist: b'LINDSAY, Lionel' | Title: b'Argyle Cut, Sydney, from the rear' | Date: 1917 | Technique: b'etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate' | Copyright: b'Courtesy of the National Library of Australia'
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.755

State

3nd state of 3, published state

Impression

proof F

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