In 1932 Tidswell published a collection of lino-cut decorations of some of the oldest buildings in the historic township of Windsor, New South Wales.Windsor N.S.W. Retrieved 19 March 2022. It was a limited edition of 250 and copies are now held by the State Library of Queensland, the State Library of New South Wales and the National Library of Australia. Another publication from this time is Sydney of Yesterday featuring ten drypoint engravings.Sydney of Yesterday Retrieved 22 January 2022. Tidswell's etchings, and those of fellow Old Newingtonian Hardy Wilson, of historic Sydney buildings such as Burdekin HouseBurdekin House, Sydney Retrieved 12 January 2022. feature figures in quasi-Georgian costume.Melbourne Modern Versus Sydney Picturesque?: tales of two cities in print 1891-1934 Retrieved 12 January 2022. In works such as Old Philip Street SydneyOld Philip Street Sydney Retrieved 12 January 2022. and Lewisham Loan OfficeLewisham Loan Office Retrieved 12 12 January 2022. figures are clad in more contemporary dress. In 1934, in a review in the Sydney Morning Herald of the Australian Art Society in their exhibition at the Education Department Gallery, the reviewer comments on a gratifying feature of the exhibition. “It is the chance it gives to see some younger artists. One of these is Quinton Tidswell. Everything that this painter shows, whether oil, watercolour, drypolnt, or lino-cut, betokens a skilful command of the medium, a fineness of taste, and a liveliness of thought, which suggest rapid development in the future. In another review of his work later in the year the reviewer says of his work: “The etchings by Quinton
