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

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Category

Print

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

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013