Palaces, Benares
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 482
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 221
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
25.2 x 30.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove paper
Support size
34.0 x 43.0 cm (sheet)
State
Published state
Impression
?/100
Edition information
final 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 right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Palaces, Benares'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'.
Subject description
Riverfront palaces and ghat on the Ganges River, Benares (Varanasi), India.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
42338
Accession number
76.1208
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1976/77 (1976-12-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from The Town Gallery, Brisbane, 1976.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
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