Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Venice from San Giorgio

Date made

1938

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 558

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 265

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

15.0 x 27.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

State proofs; final state edition of 75, plus proofs

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 555 gives the title as San Giorgio from Venice which is incorrect. She also notes an edition of 100, the NGA has an impression with an edition of 75.

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

Harbour scene of St Mark's Campanile and Palazzo Ducale from San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90911

Creators

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