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Illustration to Petronius

Illustration to Petronius
 (1909-1910)

Medium
pen and ink over pencil on card
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Daryl Lindsay, 1949
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
pen and ink over pencil on card
Measurements
21.0 × 24.1 cm irreg. (image) 40.4 × 26.6 cm (sheet)
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink l.l.: NORMAN LINDSAY
inscribed in pencil l.l.: The Matron of Crotona.
inscribed in pencil l.c.: Reduce one third –
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.l.: 166 (in a circle) / £4-...illeg.
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.r.: No. 166 (double underlined)
inscribed in pen and blue ink on blue-edged adhesive label on reverse u.c.: No 166 4/4/- / PETRONIUS
stamped (diagonally) in green ink u.c. and c.: The Fine Arts Society
adhesive label on reverse u.l.: NEWMAN'S / ARTIST DRAWING TABLET. / PEN & INK / 24, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.
Accession Number
2031-4
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Daryl Lindsay, 1949
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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