Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Herodotus, Thucydides

Date made

1950

Place made

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

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 594

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower centre within image, 'L.L. [in monogram in circle]'. Printed textlower left to right within image, 'HERODOTUS THUCYDIDES'.

Matrix size

7.2 x 5.2 cm (printed image)

Subject category

Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Double portrait of the classical Greek historians Herodotus and Thucydides.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92757

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025