Sunday morning, the Rocks
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 176
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 496
Date made
1918
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
21.0 x 17.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
29.6 x 23.7 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
3rd state of 3; published state
Impression
50/50
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, proofs only; 3rd state edition of 20
Production notes
After 2nd state? the plate was trimmed on the left resulting in the first three letters of the artists signature being lost.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sunday morning the Rocks'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 50 ed 50' Inscribed lower right hand corner of sheet, '£5.5- [5 guineas]
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 496
Subject description
Urban scene of men relaxing on vacant block behind houses at The Rocks, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90839
Accession number
83.416
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