Gamecocks, Spain
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
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
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
22.4 x 15.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
28.2 x 21.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
34/50
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 50
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, 'Game Cocks'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 34 ed 50'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 192
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
93279
Accession number
83.994
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