Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Essex steps

Other titles

Old Essex steps

Date made

1925

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 360

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 81

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

16.7 x 12.4 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 50, plus proofs

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 people on and near the Essex stairs, end of Essex Street, The Rocks, Sydney.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92674

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013