A Church in the Roman Forum
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
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
Category
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