Palaces, Benares
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 482
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 221
Date made
1930
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
25.2 x 30.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove paper
Support size
33.8 x 43.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
Published state
Impression
?/100
Edition information
final state edition of 100, plus proofs
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, 'Palaces, Benares'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 221
Subject description
Riverfront palaces and ghat on the Ganges River, Benares (Varanasi), India.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93235
Accession number
83.978
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