Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Old Hunter Street book and print shop.

Other titles

Old Hunter Street bookshop

The old Print shop, Hunter Street

Date made

1910

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 36

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 24

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'Lionel Lindsay'.

Matrix size

16.1 x 19.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

State proofs; final state edition of 30, plus proofs. Some impressions record the edition as 20 (National Library of New Zealand, A-067-004)

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

A group of men standing in front of a print dealers shop in Hunter Street, Sydney. This was Robert A. Forbes' Gallery, 51 Hunter street. The impression in The National Library of New Zealand (A-067-003) is inscribed by the artist, 'demolished 1909', but the gallery was still operating from this address until their lease expired in November 1911. On the left is the window of David Fealy, Solicitor, 49 Hunter Street.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92649

Creators

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

Last Updated

07 Nov 2024