Avila
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Outside the walls, Avila
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 397
Date made
1926
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
22.6 x 31.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
27.6 x 36.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
Published state
Impression
?/75
Edition information
final state, edition of 75
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Avila'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '75'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right in black pencil, 'S 23387'.
Subject description
Cattle being herded across a bare plain with granite outcrops outside the medieval stone walls of Avila, Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
39387
Accession number
76.927
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 5, 1976/77 (1976-11-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from The Town Gallery, Brisbane, 1976.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013