Burgos
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 406
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 237
Date made
1927
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
17.6 x 25.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin cream laid paper
Support size
23.2 x 28.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
3rd state of 3; published state
Impression
?/100
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, a few proofs; 3rd 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, 'Burgos'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'. Inscribed lower left below signature, ;To my friend Alan Queale'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Cathedral towers to the left and the / old Castle Gateway on the left'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 237
Subject description
Scene overlooking the city with gothic spires of the cathedral at left, Burgos, Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93318
Accession number
83.1007
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
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013