Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Sunday morning, the Rocks

Date made

1918

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 176

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 496

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'. in published state after plate trimmed this reads, 'NEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

21.0 x 17.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, proofs only; 3rd state edition of 20

Production notes

After 2nd state? the plate was trimmed on the left resulting in the first three letters of the artists signature being lost.

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 men relaxing on vacant block behind houses at The Rocks, Sydney.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90839

Creators

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