The Canon's niece, Spain

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: The Canon's niece, Spain | Date: 1919 | Technique: drypoint, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The Canon's niece, Spain

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 185

Date made

1919

Place made

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

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Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 700

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

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

Matrix size

24.8 x 18.3 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

final state, edition of 30, plus proofs

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

An old and a young woman being greeted by a Catholic priest outside a church in Spain.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

93273

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: The Canon's niece, Spain | Date: 1919 | Technique: drypoint, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.992

State

published state

Impression

proof

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