The Pescheria, Naples
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
The old fishmarket, Naples.
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 449
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 707
Date made
1928
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
22.6 x 30.1 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
27.6 x 35.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state? of 2
Impression
trial proof C
Edition information
1st state, 1 proof; 2nd state, at least 3 proofs; Not published.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'The Fish Market Naples'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Trial proof C'. Inscribed lower rict corner of sheet, '5.5 [5 guineas]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 707
Subject description
Street scene of covered fish stalls in piazza, Naples, Italy.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93200
Accession number
83.963
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