Porta Capuana, Naples
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 422
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 675
Date made
1927
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 with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
22.6 x 30.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid F. J. Head paper
Support size
28.2 x 35.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark, 'F J Head & Coo'.
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
State proofs. Only 3 impressions printed
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. No date.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'first or second state'. Inscribed lower left at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Porta Capucine'. Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 675.
Subject description
Street scene of horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians near the gates of Porta Capuana, Naples, Italy.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93350
Accession number
83.102
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