Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

A Sicilian goatherd near Syracuse

Date made

1927

Place made

Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

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

20 Nov 2025