A Sicilian goatherd near Syracuse

Artist: b'LINDSAY, Lionel' | Title: b'A Sicilian goatherd near Syracuse' | Date: 1927 | Technique: b'drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate' | Copyright: b'Courtesy of the National Library of Australia'
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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

A Sicilian goatherd near Syracuse

Date made

1927

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 427

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 218

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

no imprint

Matrix size

21.2 x 30.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

final state, edition of 45

Production notes

Peliminary studies, NGA 77.346.31, 'Sicilian goat, Taormina [4 sketches]', purchased 1977

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

Rural scene of Sicilian goatherd with goats on a hill near Syracuse, Italy.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90913

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013

Impressions

Artist: b'LINDSAY, Lionel' | Title: b'A Sicilian goatherd near Syracuse' | Date: 1927 | Technique: b'drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate' | Copyright: b'Courtesy of the National Library of Australia'
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.451

State

published state?

Impression

trial proof A

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