Old fruit markets, Queen Street, Melbourne

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Old fruit markets, Queen Street, Melbourne

Other titles

Melbourne markets

Western fruit markets

Date made

1917

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 141

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 293]

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

25.2 x 19.4 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

Workers and horse-drawn carts at the Queen Victoria markets, Queen Street, Melbourne.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92653

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.743

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

trial proof

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