Hero and Leander.
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Hero's tower
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 65
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 355
Date made
1912
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, aquatint and roulette, printed in dark brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
9.8 x 6.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
23.2 x 15.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 30
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. No date. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Hero's Tower'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 355
Subject description
Mythological scene of Leander bathing near rocks at base of Hero's tower at Sestos.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93053
Accession number
83.913
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