A doorway, Burgos Cathedral
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 413
Date made
1926
Place made
Europe Europe, Monaco England, Monte-Carlo Greater London, Monte-Carlo London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in warm black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
26.8 x 16.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
light blue laid paper
Support size
32.6 x 21.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
?/75
Edition information
edition of 75
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in pen and ink, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'A door Burgos Cathedral'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in pen and ink, '75'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet, 'This plate I etched in 1906 [sic. 1926] in Monte Carlo. / I gave a proof to my friend Furneau Mann who / showed it to Hillaire Belloc, who so my friend told me / said ' All Catholicism is in that plate Kings and the Virgin / the Priest and Charity. L.L.'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 699
Subject description
Priest entering the gothic Cathedral of Burgos, Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92104
Accession number
83.516
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 category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013