Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

An old Venetian house

Date made

1927

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 396

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'. This is only visible in some impressions [see production notes]. Not on NGA 83.961, or NGA 83.962, but noted on NGA 77.714.16

Matrix size

25.0 x 17.6 cm (plate-mark)

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 there was an Australian and English edition.

Subject description

Scene of gondolas in canal outside house with balcony, Venice, Italy.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

40939

Creators

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