A smithy, Avila, Spain

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

A smithy, Avila, Spain

Date made

1926

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 401

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 690

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY AVILA'. Printed text on wall, 'VENTA LE CERAELES / MARINAS & SALVADOS'. Printed text above blacksmiths door, 'VETERINERO'.

Matrix size

20.0 x 26.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, 4 proofs; 2nd state, edition of 60

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

Village scene of mules and wagon outside a blacksmith's shop, Avila, Spain.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

93368

Creators

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

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.1028

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.53

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

10/60

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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 77.714.15

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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State

published state

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