A Church in the Roman Forum

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: A Church in the Roman Forum | Date: 1927 | Technique: drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

A Church in the Roman Forum

Date made

1927

Place made

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

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Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 410

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 266

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

25.2 x 17.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; final state, edition of 60

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

The Temple of Romulus with the church of Saints Cosma and Damiano behind, Roman Forum, Rome.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90954

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: A Church in the Roman Forum | Date: 1927 | Technique: drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.467

State

Published state?

Impression

trial proof

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