Outside the walls, Avila
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 397
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 273
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 31.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
28.8 x 40.0 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, 'outside the Walls, Avila 3.3.0 [3 guineas]'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '75'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'This is typical of the arid parts of Castilla. The Vaqueros are bringing in the Bulls who are / always led by two Castrate from their own heard.'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 273
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
93214
Accession number
83.969
Accession method
Bequest
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.
Credit line
Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013