Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The compliment

Date made

1924

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 321

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 646

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

20.0 x 14.8 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

a few proofs only, not published

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 working class couple complimenting well-dressed Spanish woman framed by large doorway.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

93306

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013