Birthplace of David Scott Mitchell, Cumberland Street, Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Birthplace of David Scott Mitchell, Cumberland Street, Sydney
Other titles
David Mitchell's birthplace, Cumberland Street
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 87
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 341
Date made
1913
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
13.2 x 9.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
21.6 x 17.5 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: 'A. C. L.'.
State
2nd state state of 2; published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
State proofs; final state edition of 50, plus additional proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'David Mitchell's birthplace / Cumberland St'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed by Peter Lindsay lower right below title in black pencil, 'Sydney'.
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.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
46906
Accession number
61.68
Accession method
Gift
Provenance
Gift to Peter Lindsay, from his father Lionel Lindsay. Gift to the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), from Peter Lindsay, Sydney, August 1961.
Credit line
Gift of Peter Lindsay 1961
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