Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Birthplace of David Scott Mitchell, Cumberland Street, Sydney

Other titles

David Mitchell's birthplace, Cumberland Street

Date made

1913

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 87

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 341

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

No imprint.

Matrix size

13.2 x 9.8 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

State proofs; final state edition of 50, plus additional 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 boys playing outside Cumberland Place residence of Dr James Mitchell in The Rocks, Sydney. David Scott Mitchell actually born Military Hospital, Macquarie Street.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92610

Creators

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