An old prison, Nuremberg
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 447 ii/ii
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 694
Date made
1928
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
20.8 x 30.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
Japanese paper
Support size
28.0 x 40.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, planned edition of 60, not completed
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1987), 447 ii/ii notes 3 states. NGA 83.958 is inscribed '2nd State. Final state'.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower centre at base of sheet in black pencil, '2nd State. Final state An Old Prison, Nuremberg'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 694
Subject description
Weir and prison on the Pegnitz River, Nuremberg, Germany.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93186
Accession number
83.958
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