The Mendicant
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 143
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 361
Date made
1917
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one [zinc?] plate
Matrix size
8.8 x 5.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove paper
Support size
15.0 x 11.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state of 1, published state
Impression
proof
Edition information
edition of 30, privately published, but withdrawn from sale
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 Mendicant'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 361
Subject description
The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92606
Accession number
83.726
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