The fish market clock, Naples
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
The old fish market, Naples
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 442
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 231
Date made
1938
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
25.0 x 17.3 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove paper
Support size
35.4 x 24.1 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
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 centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Fishmarket Clock. / Naples'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'. Inscribed left to right at base of sheet [now detached] in black pencil, 'This is the entry to the Fishmarket Square. / The cart is typical of these fine Neapolitan'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 231
Subject description
Street scene of horse-drawn cart under a clock above a passage which is the entrance to the fish market square, Naples, Italy.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93202
Accession number
83.964
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
08 Jan 2013