Venice from San Giorgio
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 558
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 310
Date made
1938
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
15.2 x 28.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
Japanese tissue paper
Support size
21.1 x 33.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state of 4
Impression
1st state proof
Edition information
State proofs; final state edition of 75, plus proofs
Production notes
Impression of the 1st state with St Mark's Campanile drawn in pencil. Mendelssohn (1987), 555 gives the title as San Giorgio from Venice which is incorrect. She also notes an edition of 100, the NGA has an impression with an edition of 75.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. No date Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '1st state'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 309
Subject description
Harbour scene of wharf at San Giorgio Maggiore looking towards St Mark's Campanile, Venice, Italy.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90831
Accession number
83.412
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
04 Jan 2013