Rajah's Palace, Benares

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Rajah's Palace, Benares

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 483

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 220

Date made

1930

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Matrix size

26.4 x 34.2 cm (plate-mark)

Support

Japanese style paper

Support size

33.8 x 42.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

?/100

Edition information

1st state, 1 proof; 2nd state, edition of 100, plus proofs

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Rajah's Palace, Benares'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'. Inscribed lower right in black pencil, 'This is one of the finest of the Benares Palaces. / 2nd state / (PUBLISHED STATE). 100 proofs. A Rajah's Palace Benares'

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower centre at base of sheet, x needs signing'. Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 220

Subject description

Boats on the Ganges River near the Maharaja's palace and ghat, Benares (Varanasi), India.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

90810

Accession number

83.402

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013