Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Gamecocks, Spain

Date made

1919

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 191

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 192

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed signature lower left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

22.4 x 15.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 50

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

Two men engaged in a fight between gamecocks, viewed by spectators in an open courtyard between buildings, Spain.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

93279

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013