Don Quixote
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 268
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 208
Date made
1922
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
17.5 x 13.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
25.8 x 18.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state of 2
Impression
artist's proof of 1st state
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 50
Production notes
1st state, figures complete no background. 2nd state, clouds added in background
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'first state'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, 'my proof perfect'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 308
Subject description
Cervantes characters: Don Quixote in knight's armour on horseback and Sancho Panza following on mule.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90860
Accession number
83.426
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