The house on the wall, Cordova
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The house on the wall, Cordova
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 303
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 636
Date made
1923
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
spirit-aquatint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
18.8 x 15.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
25.4 x 20.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
final state, edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The House on the Wall / Cordova'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 636
Subject description
Man riding donkey and people talking underneath a house built into a stone wall in Cordova, Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93378
Accession number
83.1033
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