The Moorish market, Granada
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 395
Date made
1926
Date details
1927, published
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
21.4 x 26.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
28.2 x 38.3 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
?/75
Edition information
final state, edition of 75
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '75'. Inscribed lower left at base of sheet in black pencil, 'An Old Moorish Market 5/5/- [5 guineas]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower left at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Granada'. Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 696
Subject description
Street scene of men with donkeys in courtyard surrounded by columnades. Known as the Alcaiceria, Zoco, Arabic, or Moorish market, Granada, Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93370
Accession number
83.1029
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
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013