The old Commissariat Office, Lower George Street

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: The old Commissariat Office, Lower George Street | Date: 1938 | Technique: etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The old Commissariat Office, Lower George Street

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 553

Date made

1938

Place made

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

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Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 433

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

no imprint

Matrix size

17.3 x 35.8 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, proofs only; proposed 3rd state edition of 50, not all printed

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

The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92550

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: The old Commissariat Office, Lower George Street | Date: 1938 | Technique: etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.698

State

3rd state of 3; published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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