Sussex St Forge

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Sussex St Forge

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

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Category

Print

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013