Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

An old Venetian house

Date made

1926

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 396

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 687

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'. This is only visible in some impressions [see production notes]. Not on NGA 83.961, or NGA 83.962, but noted on NGA 77.714.16

Matrix size

24.8 x 17.4 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

final state, edition of 60

Production notes

A study of 'Old Venetian House', in NGA sketchbook 77.346.2.26 NGA has three impressions of this print, only one has the printed signature. This could be a state changes on selective wiping of the plate. Perhaps their was an Australian and English edition.

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

Scene of gondolas in canal outside house with balcony, Venice, Italy. The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

93194

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013