The three beggars of Guadalupe
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The three beggars of Guadalupe
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 402
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 268
Date made
1926
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in warm black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
15.2 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
23.8 x 33.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark, 'HAND MADE'.
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
?/100
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, edition of 100
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The THREE Beggars of Guadalupe'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'. Inscribed lower centre below title in black pencil, 'These are the only beggars permitted in Guadalupe. The old man at the left was the guide / to the blind beggar extreme right and the Centre one had one eye / L.L. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Three beggars of Guadalupe £3.3 [3 guineas]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 268
Subject description
Portrait of three beggars, two with walking sticks sitting on low chairs in animated conversation, Guadalupe, Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90872
Accession number
83.432
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