Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Hulks, Berry's Bay

Date made

1920

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 222

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 429

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, aquatint and foul biting, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

no imprint

Matrix size

16.8 x 24.9 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, a few impressions; 2nd state; edition of 50

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 222, notes that 'LIONEL LINDSAY' appears printed lower right in the 1st state, but not on published state. NGA 83.745 1st state proof does not have such printed signature. >1st state, foreground and hulk compleated but no background. > 2nd state, background etched in

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

Harbour scene: body of a dismantled ship moored near salvage yard at Berrys Bay, Sydney.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92560

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013