Rajah's Palace, Benares
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 483
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 220
Date made
1930
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
26.4 x 34.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
Japanese style paper
Support size
33.8 x 42.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
?/100
Edition information
1st state, 1 proof; 2nd state, edition of 100, plus proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Rajah's Palace, Benares'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'. Inscribed lower right in black pencil, 'This is one of the finest of the Benares Palaces. / 2nd state / (PUBLISHED STATE). 100 proofs. A Rajah's Palace Benares'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower centre at base of sheet, x needs signing'. Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 220
Subject description
Boats on the Ganges River near the Maharaja's palace and ghat, Benares (Varanasi), India.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90810
Accession number
83.402
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