The Pescheria, Naples

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The Pescheria, Naples

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

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Category

Print

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