Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The barber of Bou-Saada, Algeria

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 458 iii/iii

Date made

1929

Place made

Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 224

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

17.8 x 27.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, 3 proofs; 2nd state, 1 proof; 3rd state, edition of 100, plus proofs

Production notes

There is a pencil drawing of two Arabs at Bou Saada in NGA collection.

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Street scene of man on camel passing barber's street shop, Bou-Saada, Algeria.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90888

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025