Argyle Cut
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 33
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 330
Date made
1910
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
mezzotint, printed in black/blue ink, from one plate
Matrix size
15.3 x 15.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove paper
Support size
22.6 x 18.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark, 'O.W.P.'.
State
2nd state of 2, published state
Impression
undesignated proof
Edition information
1st state a few proofs only; 2nd state edition of 30, plus proofs.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below image but within plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. No date. Titled lower centre below image but within plate-mark in black pencil, 'Argyle Cut'. Inscribed lower right below image but within plate-mark, 'mezzotint'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 330
Subject description
Street scene of pedestrians and horse-drawn carts on Argyle Street at the Argyle cut, The Rocks, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92615
Accession number
83.73
Accession method
Bequest
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.
Credit line
Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist