Old Essex Street, Sydney

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: Old Essex Street, Sydney | Date: 1931 | Technique: drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Old Essex Street, Sydney

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 491

Date made

1931

Place made

Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

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Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 19

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

21.2 x 15.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 30 [40?]

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 man carrying goods in baskets down cobbled Essex Street, The Rocks, Sydney.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92692

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: Old Essex Street, Sydney | Date: 1931 | Technique: drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.76

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

26/30

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