Last of old Hunter Street, Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Last of old Hunter Street, Sydney
Other titles
Last of old Hunter Street, Sydney, ancienne regime
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 126
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 392
Date made
1916
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
15.5 x 14.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
23.1 x 19.3 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: 'Hand Made' [in script]
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
28/50
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. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 28'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'LAST OF OLD HUNTER ST'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, '14 x 18'.
Subject description
Street scene of a horse-drawn cart, a horse drinking at a wooden trough and pedestrians in Hunter Street, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
82228
Accession number
71.63
Accession method
Bequest
Meeting
C.A.A.B. Meeting (1971-05-17)
Provenance
Bequest to the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.], from Aubrey Lewis Rosenthal, Wahroonga, NSW, May 1971.
Credit line
Bequest of A.L. Rosenthal in memory of his mother 1971.
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