The waiting gondola, Venice
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
A canal at Venice
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 485
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 668
Date made
1930
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
27.6 x 17.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
blue laid paper
Support size
32.8 x 24.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
undesignated impression /100
Edition information
State proofs; final 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. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'. Titled in black pencil. 'The Waiting Gondola'. [now detatched from base of support]
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 668
Subject description
Canal scene of gondolas in Venice, Italy.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90863
Accession number
83.428
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