The Morning star, Toledo
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 552
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 217
Date made
1938
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
spririt-ground aquatint and burnishing, printed in blue ink, from one plate
Matrix size
12.8 x 21.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid F.J. Head & Co. paper
Support size
20.9 x 27.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark, 'F. J. Head & Co'
State
published state
Impression
10/75
Edition information
edition of 75, it is unlikely that the full edition was 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, 'Morning Star Toledo'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '10/75'. Inscribed lower left in black pencil, 'Spirit ground aquatint / I saw this early morning from my Hotel window / to the left a monastery and the Targus in the centre / 2.2 [guineas]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 217
Subject description
Urban scene of star at dawn over city and Tagus River, Toledo, Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90903
Accession number
83.446
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