Desdemona's balcony
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 700
Date made
1928
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching
Matrix size
22.6 x 25.8 cm (plate-mark)
Edition information
edition of 75
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1987), 441, does not catalogue the printed signature. She notes that it was 'Originally planned as an aquatint. Few printed although 50 of final state planned. Not published. The National Gallery of Australia has 3 impressions all indicating a (proposed?) edition of 75.
Subject description
The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings. Gondolas on canal outside a multi-storied house with ornate balconies, Venice, Italy. A women stands on the right balcony. Dessemona is a Venetian beauty in the play Othello by William Shakespeare.
Collection
Castlemaine Art Gallery
Credit line
Estate of Noreen Reidy 2000
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
14 Sep 2012