In Old Saumur
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 572
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 706
Date made
1944
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
27.4 x 17.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
laid Whatman paper
Support size
35.3 x 20.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark, 'J. WHATMAN / 1805'.
State
final state; published state
Impression
proof
Edition information
final state 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 in black pencil,'Old Saumur'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '75'. Inscribed below signature in black pencil, 'To my friend / Alan Queale / on his birthday / Nov 16 1959'. Inscribed lower right corner in black pencil, 'I made this drawing when holidaying / with my friend Harold Wright. I could not resist the old houses. / LL'. Inscribed in black pencil, 'proof on 1805 / Whatman'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 706
Subject description
Street scene of people in the old part of town, Saumur, Loire valley, France.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92118
Accession number
83.523
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