Primary Artist

John Shirlow (1869–1936)

Title

A bye-way, Flinders Lane.

Other titles

Bye-way

Date made

1896

Reference

Shirlow (list), 4

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed signature and date lower left, 'SHIRLOW . 96' Printed title upper right, 'Twelve Etchings No 4'.

Matrix size

22.3 x 7.4 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state unpublished a few proofs only; 2nd State edition of 25

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Subject description

Street scene of rear of houses in Flinders Lane, with spire of Scots Presbyterian Church in distance, Melbourne, Victoria.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

91063

Creators

SHIRLOW, John | (1869–1936) Australian | Male | artist