The Rocks, from Princes Street

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The Rocks, from Princes Street

Date made

1931

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 495

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 290

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'. [faintly]

Matrix size

13.2 x 27.4 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

State proofs; final state edition of 75 planned but not published, 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 goats grazing on unused land, Princes Street, The Rocks, Sydney with view to Grosvenor Hotel and St Philip's anglican church, Kent Street.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92495

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.671

State

2nd state of 3 (before clouds)

Impression

2nd state proof

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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.696

State

3 state of 3 (with clouds added); published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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