Little market, San Gaetano, Naples
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Little market, San Gaetano, Naples
Other titles
The Market, San Gaetano, Naples
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 417
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 229
Date made
1927
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plaate
Matrix size
28.4 x 20.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
32.8 x 25.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2
Impression
?/100
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 100
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, 'Market, San Gaetano, Naples'. Inscribed lower right below plate-0mak in black pencil, 'No 100'. Inscribed at base of sheet [now detached] in black pencil, 'This is characteristic Naples. The boy with his windmill I drew / as I saw him perfectly naked, but had to cloth him for Mother Grundy / Little market San Gaetamo Naples'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 229
Subject description
The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90917
Accession number
83.453
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