Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Bread and oil, Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain

Date made

1929

Place made

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

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 479

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, LIONEL LINDSAY 1929 [9s reversed]'. Printed text centre left on wall, 'COMESTIBLES / VENTA DE PAN / ACEITA'.

Matrix size

22.6 x 15.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition unknown, proofs only?

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 479, gives the date as 1930, plate is dated 1929

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Subject description

Street scene of man on donkey buying bread and oil from shop, Jerez de los Caballero, Spain.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

42336

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025