Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The old Evening News Office, Market Street, Sydney

Date made

1926

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 391

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 515

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.[signature is partially cropped in 2nd state]

Matrix size

20.0 x 15.5 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, at least 1 proof, 2nd state edition of 50

Production notes

1st state, imaged etched 2nd state, plate reduced by about 1cm on left side

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 of horse-drawn carts and pedestrians outside the Evening News newspaper offices, Market Street, Sydney.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92538

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013