Rocks Resumption, with St. Philip's Church

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Rocks Resumption, with St. Philip's Church

Date made

1917

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 151

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 488

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and drypoint, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

30.2 x 19.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 50

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Urban scene of workers demolishing buildings for land resumption at The Rocks, Sydney with spires of St. Philip's Anglican Church, York Street in the background.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92424

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.641

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

32/50

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