An old Venetian house
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 396
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 687A
Date made
1926
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
25.0 x 17.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
30.0 x 21.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
Published state
Impression
12/60?
Edition information
final state, edition of 60
Production notes
A study of 'Old Venetian House', in NGA sketchbook 77.346.2.26 NGA has three impressions of this print, only one has the printed signature. This could be a state changes on selective wiping of the plate. Perhaps their was an Australian and English edition.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, Old Venetian House'. Inscribed lower right below plate-0mak in black pencil, 'No 12'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 687A
Subject description
Scene of gondolas in canal outside house with balcony, Venice, Italy. The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93197
Accession number
83.962
Accession method
Bequest
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.
Credit line
Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist