Spanish beggar
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1982), 131
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 250
Date made
1922
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
7.6 x 6.1 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
16.1 x 11.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
16/100
Edition information
book, plus edition of 100
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'Spanish Beggar'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'No 16'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, 'proof for First / Woodcut Book'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 250
Subject description
Man with physical and probably mental disability dressed in cape, no shoes and holding staff.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92964
Accession number
83.874
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 category
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