The Constable's Chapel, Burgos
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The Constable's Chapel, Burgos
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 571
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 305
Date made
1944
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
25.0 x 17.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
31.8 x 22.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2
Impression
?/75
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, edition of 75, plus proofs
Production notes
1st state before lines added left foreground. Mendelssohn (1987), 571, records an edition of 100; NGA 83.984 indicates the edition was 75.
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, 'The Constable's Chapel, Burgos'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '75'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, '4.4 [4 guineas]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 645
Subject description
Priest climbing stairs of the Constable's Chapel, Cathedral of Santa Maria, Burgos, Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93251
Accession number
83.984
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