Caravanserai, Kairouan, Tunisia
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Caravanserai, Kairouan, Tunisia
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 460
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 226
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
16.5 x 27.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
oriental style paper
Support size
23.0 x 38.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
4th state of 4; published state
Impression
undesignated impression/100
Edition information
State proofs (1 of each); final state edition of 100, plus proofs.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lindsay Lindsay'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Caravanserai, Kairouan'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'. Titled lower right of sheet, 'A Caravanserai, Kerovan'. Inscribed lower left at base of sheet, 'When this was Exhibited at the Royal Academy / it was noted in the London Press and our Division's / occupation of Kerovan [sic].
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 226
Subject description
A caravanserai, a roadside inn with travellers eating and relaxing, Kairouan, Tunisia.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90920
Accession number
83.455
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