The Cordeliers' Gate, Loches, France
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The Cordeliers' Gate, Loches, France
Other titles
The Porte des Cordeliers
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 487
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 232
Date made
1931
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
27.5 x 17.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
35.2 x 23.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
6/100
Edition information
Final state edition of 100; only about 20 printed
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, 'Loches Cordelia's gate'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '6/100'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet [now detached] in black pencil, 'Harold Wright on left looking / down on the stream LL / 3.3.0 [3 guineas erased]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 232
Subject description
Street scene of pedestrians and horse-drawn cart outside the 15th century Porte des Cordeliers on the River Indre, Loches, France.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90922
Accession number
83.456
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