The black walled house, the Rocks area, Cumberland Street, Sydney

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The black walled house, the Rocks area, Cumberland Street, Sydney

Other titles

The blackwalled house, the Rocks area, Cumberland Street, Sydney

Date made

1916

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 120

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 412

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

13.7 x 17.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state a few proofs only; 2nd state edition of 50, plus proofs

Production notes

1st state, without figures and cart at left. 2nd state, addition of figures and cart at left

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 people outside house in Cumberland Street, The Rocks, Sydney. Circus posters on wall at right.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92409

Creators

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

Last Updated

09 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.635

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

artist's proof

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