Fort Dawes

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Fort Dawes

Date made

1913

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 90

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 86

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

No imprint.

Matrix size

11.0 x 16.5 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

State proofs, final state edition of 50, plus additional proofs

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

Cannon at the old Dawes Point battery, The Rocks, Sydney. Building demolished to make way for Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92474

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.664

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

artist's proof

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