Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Desdemona's balcony

Date made

1928

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 441

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 700

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

22.6 x 25.8 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 75

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 441, does not catalogue the printed signature. She notes that it was 'Originally planned as an aquatint. Few printed although 50 of final state planned. Not published. The National Gallery of Australia has 3 impressions all indicating a (proposed?) edition of 75.

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings. Gondolas on canal outside a multi-storied house with ornate balconies, Venice, Italy. A women stands on the right balcony. Dessemona is a Venetian beauty in the play Othello by William Shakespeare.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92106

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

19 Mar 2013