The compliment
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 321
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 646
Date made
1924
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
20.0 x 14.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
25.4 x 19.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
only state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
a few proofs only, not published
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled loewer centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Compliment'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'only a few proofs / printed'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 646
Subject description
Street scene of working class couple complimenting well-dressed Spanish woman framed by large doorway.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93306
Accession number
83.1003
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