The Sailor's return, from the rear

Artist: b'LINDSAY, Lionel' | Title: bThe Sailor's return, from the rear | Date: 1925 | Technique: b'etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate' | Copyright: b'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

Date made

1925

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 370

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

08 Jan 2013

Impressions

Artist: b'LINDSAY, Lionel' | Title: bThe Sailor's return, from the rear | Date: 1925 | Technique: b'etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate' | Copyright: b'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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