A castle in Extremadura (moonlight), Spain

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

A castle in Extremadura (moonlight), Spain

Other titles

A castle in Estremadura [sic] (moonlight), Spain

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 581

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 243

Date made

1946

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

mezzotint, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Matrix size

18.2 x 24.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thick cream wove paper

Support size

22.8 x 27.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

final state, edition of 50, plus proofs

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'A castle in Estremadura (moonlight)'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Ed 50'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'The cross at the left has been Erected / where a man was murdered.'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 243

Subject description

Rural scene of men on horse and donkeys riding past a shrine at the base of the hill-top castle lit by moonlight. The Arab castle is outside the town of Trujillo, in the Extremadura region of Spain.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

93227

Accession number

83.974

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