The Spanish beggar

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The Spanish beggar

Date made

1922

Reference

Mendelssohn (1982), 131

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 744

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, 'LL [in monogram]'.

Matrix size

7.6 x 6.1 cm (printed image)

Edition information

book, plus edition of 100

Subject category

Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Man with physical and probably mental disability dressed in cape, no shoes and holding staff.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92155

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.541

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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