Sussex St Forge
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Old Sussex Street Forge
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 155
Date made
1917
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
9.6 x 13.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
18.8 x 22.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
31/50
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower right below at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Old Sussex St Forge'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 31'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, '1.11.6 [price]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Margaret McKean noted on her worksheet of 1 December 1975, that an Auctioneers ticket, 'no 22' was originally attached to the verso of this print.
Subject description
Blacksmith shodding a horse a forge in Sussex Street, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
45342
Accession number
65.107
Accession method
Bequest
Provenance
The Oscar Paul Collection. Bequest to the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), from Mrs Henriette von Dallwitz legatee of Richard Paul after reinbursement to estate, to fulfill Richard Paul's intentions to honour his father, May 1965.
Credit line
The Oscar Paul Collection, Gift of Henriette von Dallwitz and of Richard Paul in honour of his father 1965.
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist