Castle Villefranche
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 431
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 239
Date made
1927
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
17.4 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
22.4 x 28.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
?/75
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 75
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, 'Castle Villefranche'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '75'. Inscribed lower left below signature in black pencil, 'To my friend Alan Queale'.right corner of sheet in black pencil, 'last Print'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 239
Subject description
Road and some houses leading to castle ruins above Villefranche, France.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93220
Accession number
83.971
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