Portico, Old Education Department Sydney

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Portico, Old Education Department Sydney

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 171

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 264

Date made

1918

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 with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

20.2 x 12.8 cm (plate-mark)

Support

laid 'Hand Made' paper

Support size

25.8 x 17.4 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark, 'Hand Made'.

State

final state; published state

Impression

23/50

Edition information

final state edition of 50

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Portico Education Dept'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 23/50'

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 264

Subject description

Street scene of man leaving the Old Education Department, Sydney on a rainy day.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92662

Accession number

83.748

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013