The Constable's Chapel, Burgos
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The Constable's Chapel, Burgos
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 571
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 305
Date made
1944
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
25.0 x 17.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Whatman 1824 paper
Support size
33.6 x 22.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark, 'WHATMAN / 1824'.
State
1st state of 2?
Impression
1st state proof
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, edition of 75, plus proofs
Production notes
1st state before lines added left foreground. Mendelssohn (1987), 571, records an edition of 100; NGA 83.984 indicates the edition was 75.
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, 'The Constable's Chapel, Burgos'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '1st state'. Inscribed lower left at base of sheet in black pencil, 'proof on Whatman 1824'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 305
Subject description
Priest climbing stairs of the Constable's Chapel, Cathedral of Santa Maria, Burgos, Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93248
Accession number
83.983
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