In the days of the Push

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

In the days of the Push

Other titles

Whalers' Arms, in the days of the push

Date made

1936

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 535

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 403

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

20.0 x 15.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

final state edition of 75, 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

Imagined street scene of "The Rocks Push" gang members terrorizing local residents outside the Whaler's Arms Hotel, Cumberland Place, The Rocks, Sydney.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90850

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.421

State

published state

Impression

artist's proof

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