The Sailor's return, from the rear

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: The Sailor's return, from the rear | Date: 1925 | Technique: etching, printed in 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 Sailor's return, from the rear

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 370

Date made

1925

Place made

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

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Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 40

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

no imprint

Matrix size

14.0 x 15.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

final state; edition of 75

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 sailor talking to woman outside the Sailor's Return hotel, The Rocks, Sydney.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92428

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: The Sailor's return, from the rear | Date: 1925 | Technique: etching, printed in 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 | 83.643

State

published state

Impression

28/75

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