A Church in the Roman Forum

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

A Church in the Roman Forum

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 410

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 266

Date made

1927

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 with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

25.2 x 17.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove Japanese vellum paper

Support size

29.0 x 21.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

Published state?

Impression

trial proof

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; final state, edition of 60

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Church in the Forum Rome'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'trial'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 266

Subject description

The Temple of Romulus with the church of Saints Cosma and Damiano behind, Roman Forum, Rome.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

90954

Accession number

83.467

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