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

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Category

Print

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013