Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The Tinsmith's shop, King Street, Sydney

Other titles

Crabb's tinsmith's shop, King street, Sydney

Date made

1921

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 256

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 285

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

11.1 x 13.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state proofs only; 2nd state edition of 50

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 256, notes 3 states. 1st state, before addition of the figure standing to the left of the carriageway. 2nd state, figure added [standard proof?] 3rd state?

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 in front of the shop of, Harry Crabb tinsmith and sheet metal worker. King Street, Sydney, looking through to workers unloading materials from horse-drawn cart.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92457

Creators

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

Last Updated

19 Mar 2013