Cumberland Place, The Rocks

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: Cumberland Place, The Rocks | Date: 1931 | Technique: etching, aquatint, printed in brown ink, with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Cumberland Place, The Rocks

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 489

Date made

1931

Place made

Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

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Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 244

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, Lionel Lindsay'.

Matrix size

16.3 x 22.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, a few proofs; 3rd state, edition of 75 planned, but few printed

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

Street scene of people in Cumberland Place, The Rocks, Sydney.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92680

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: Cumberland Place, The Rocks | Date: 1931 | Technique: etching, aquatint, printed in brown ink, with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.754

State

3rd state of 3; published state

Impression

11/75

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