The Bassra guard
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
The Bazra Guard
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 459
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 225
Date made
1929
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
19.2 x 30.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
30.8 x 43.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
?/100
Edition information
1st state, 1 proof; 2nd state, edition of 100, plus proofsedition of 100
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay' Titled lower centre at base of sheet in black pencil, 'The Bassra Guard'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right corner of sheet, 'S. 35005'.
Subject description
Guards with rifles on horses and camel outside Bassra, British-mandated Iraq.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
42344
Accession number
76.1211
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1976/77 (1976-12-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from The Town Gallery, Brisbane, 1976.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
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