The lolly shop, Essex Street, The Rocks

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The lolly shop, Essex Street, The Rocks

Date made

1923

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 305

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 748

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and foul biting, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

10.8 x 12.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

final state, edition of 75

Production notes

AGNSW 228, Study for etching 'The lolly shop, Essex Street', The Rocks, conté, crayon, wash, purchased 1931

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 girls outside a lolly shop, Essex Street, The Rocks, Sydney.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92151

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.539

State

published state

Impression

artist's proof

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