A bye-way, Flinders Lane.

Artist: Shirlow, John. | Title: A bye-way, Flinders Lane. | Date: 1896 | Technique: etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate
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Primary Artist

John Shirlow (1869–1936)

Title

A bye-way, Flinders Lane.

Date made

1896

Place made

Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed upper centre to upper right within image, 'Twelve Etchings No 4'. Printed signature and date lower left to lower centre within image, 'SHIRLOW. 96'.

Edition information

edition unknown

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.

Legacy id

212840

Last Updated

24 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: Shirlow, John. | Title: A Bye-way, Flinders Lanex | Date: 1896 | Technique: etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate
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State

1st state; unpublished

Impression

undesignated impression

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