Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

An old Venetian house

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 396

Date made

1926

Place made

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

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 687A

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 their was an Australian and English edition.

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Scene of gondolas in canal outside house with balcony, Venice, Italy. The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

93197

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025