A Sicilian goatherd near Syracuse
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
A Sicilian goatherd near Syracuse
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 427
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 218
Date made
1927
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
21.2 x 30.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
25.6 x 33.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state?
Impression
trial proof A
Edition information
final state, edition of 45
Production notes
Peliminary studies, NGA 77.346.31, 'Sicilian goat, Taormina [4 sketches]', purchased 1977
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sicilian Goatherd'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'trial proof A'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'The typical Goatherd with his day's ration / in his bag.'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 218
Subject description
Rural scene of Sicilian goatherd with goats on a hill near Syracuse, Italy.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90913
Accession number
83.451
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