Charity
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
The Cathedral door
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 243
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 670
Date made
1921
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
19.6 x 13.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
27.8 x 21.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2?; published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs only; 2nd state, edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Charity'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, '[illeg] hand wiped [illeg] then / rag and set'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 670
Subject description
Urban scene of poor family receiving alms from nuns at cathedral door, Spain. Man on horseback in foreground.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90825
Accession number
83.409
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