The Tunis Gate, Kairouan
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 475
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 219
Date made
1929
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
24.8 x 28.9 cm (plate-mark)
Support
Japanese style paper
Support size
30.7 x 39.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
5th state of 5, published state
Impression
?/100
Edition information
1state, 1 proof; 2nd state, two proofs; 3rd state, 1 proof; 4th state, 1 proof; 5th state, edition of 100, plus proofs.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay' Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Tunis Gate, Kairouan'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'. Inscribed lower right in black pencil, 'The Gateway is on the North End / of Kerouan [sic 'Kairouan']'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 219
Subject description
Street scene of men outside a gate, Kairouan, Tunisia.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90918
Accession number
83.454
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