Venice from San Giorgio
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 558
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 265
Date made
1938
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
15.0 x 27.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
20.0 x 32.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
4th state of 4; published state
Impression
6/75
Edition information
State proofs; final state edition of 75, plus proofs
Production notes
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. Titled lower centre below plate-mark from one plate, 'Venice from San Georgio'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '6/75'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet, '3.3 [guineas]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 265
Subject description
Harbour scene of St Mark's Campanile and Palazzo Ducale from San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90911
Accession number
83.45
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