Don Quixote

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Don Quixote

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

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Category

Print

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