A doorway, Burgos Cathedral
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
A door, Burgos Cathedral
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 413
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 182
Date made
1926
Place made
Europe Europe, Monaco England, Monte-Carlo Greater London, Monte-Carlo London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in warm black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
26.6 x 16.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
light blue laid paper
Support size
36.0 x 23.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
?/75
Edition information
edition of 75
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in pen and ink, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'A door Burgos Cathedral'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in pen and ink, '75'. Inscribed lower left to right at base of sheet, 'Hillaire Belloc was much interested in this etching and I / presented a print to him. He said it contained the whole / of Catholicism. The Virgin (above rose Window) The Kings, / Charity (the old beggar woman in doorway) and the Priest / L.L.'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 182
Subject description
Priest entering the gothic Cathedral of Burgos, Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90841
Accession number
83.417
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