Beggars, Spain
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 291
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 647
Date made
1923
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
22.6 x 15.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
28.0 x 19.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state of 2; published state
Impression
proof of 1st state
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 75, but not all printed
Production notes
1st state, figures completed 2nd state, addition of background upper left and right
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Beggars'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'first state'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 647
Subject description
Urban scene of old man on crutches, young man and woman begging on the street.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90874
Accession number
83.433
Accession method
Bequest
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.
Credit line
Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist