Old Spain
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 593
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 241
Date made
1948 – c.1950
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in warm black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
31.3 x 23.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
37.1 x 28.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
?/50
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Old Spain'. Inscribed lower right below pate-mark in black pencil, '50/'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, '4.4 [guineas]'.
Subject description
Urban scene of man on horse in courtyard waving goodbye to Spanish women sitting on balcony above.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
42288
Accession number
76.1183
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
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013