Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Pawnbroker of the Argyle Cut

Other titles

Corn Duffy's, pawnbroker

Date made

1917

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 148

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 749

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

no imprint

Matrix size

13.3 x 12.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 30; plus additional artist's proofs lettered A-C

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 148, notes final state edition of 50. NGA 1983.537 is a proof for an edition of 30

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 shop of the pawnbroker Corn Duffy was situated on the corner of Argyle Street and Essex Street, Sydney.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92147

Creators

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

Last Updated

09 Jan 2013