The Bassra guard
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
The Bazra Guard
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 black/brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
19.2 x 30.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
ivory laid paper
Support size
30.5 x 43.3 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state, 1 proof; 2nd state, edition of 100, plus proofsedition of 100
Subject description
Guards with rifles on horses and camel outside Bassra, British-mandated Iraq.
Collection
Art Gallery of New South Wales
IRN
Not Known
Accession method
gift
Provenance
Peter Lindsay, the artist's son, by decent.
Credit line
Gift of Peter Lindsay 1991
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