George Street Market

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

George Street Market

Other titles

Old George Street markets

Date made

1914

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 112

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 516

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

no imprint

Matrix size

22.6 x 14.9 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, proofs only; 2nd state edition of 50

Production notes

1st state, before cross-hatching and etched signature 2nd state, extensive cross-hatching in foreground and etched signature

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

Market sellers and customers outside the George Street Markets, Sydney.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92441

Creators

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

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.649

State

1st state of 2

Impression

proof of 1st state

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Collection

Art Gallery of New South Wales

State

2nd state of 2; editioned state

Impression

4/50

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