Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The Rocks, Sydney

Other titles

The Rocks area, Sydney.

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 58

Date made

1911

Place made

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

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 521

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

mezzotint and etching, printed in black ink, with plate-tone

Text printed from matrix

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

Matrix size

16.2 x 20.6 cm (printed image)

Edition information

1st state, 1 impression only; 2nd state, edition of 30; 3rd state reworked 1936, unknown number of impressions

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

Cityscape from Dawes Point Park looking down onto horse-drawn carts along Hickson Road and across to houses of The Rocks, Sydney.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92542

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025