Gamecocks, Spain

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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Gamecocks, Spain

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 191

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 192

Date made

1919

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed from one plate

Matrix size

22.4 x 15.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

paper

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 50

Subject description

Two men engaged in a fight between gamecocks, viewed by spectators in an open courtyard between buildings, Spain.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

45392

Accession number

65.113

Accession method

Bequest

Provenance

Oscar Paul. Bequest to the C.A.A.B., from Mrs Henriette von Dallwitz legatee of Richard Paul after reinbursement to estate, to fulfill Richard Paul's intentions, 1965.

Credit line

The Oscar Paul Collection, Gift of Henriette von Dallwitz and of Richard Paul in honour of his father 1965.

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