Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Hero and Leander.

Other titles

Hero's tower

Date made

1912

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 65

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 355

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, aquatint and roulette, printed in dark brown ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'. Printed lower right below image but within plate-mark, 'FOR L LE GAY BRERETON HIS MARLOWE'.

Matrix size

9.8 x 6.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 30

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

Mythological scene of Leander bathing near rocks at base of Hero's tower at Sestos.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

93053

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013