The great fig tree, Berry's Bay, Sydney

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: The great fig tree, Berry's Bay, Sydney | Date: 1923 | Technique: spirit-aquatint and roulette, printed in black ink, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The great fig tree, Berry's Bay, Sydney

Date made

1923

Place made

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

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Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 302

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 214

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

spirit-aquatint and roulette, printed in black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

no imprint

Matrix size

15.5 x 23.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

final state, edition of 75

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

Harbour scene of fig tree, houses, man in boat on shoreline at Berrys Bay, Sydney.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90972

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: The great fig tree, Berry's Bay, Sydney | Date: 1923 | Technique: spirit-aquatint and roulette, printed in black ink, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.476

State

published state

Impression

50/75

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