The Alcazar, Segovia
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 387
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 445
Date made
1926
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
19.6 x 29.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
24.8 x 33.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
proof 10
Edition information
1st state, at least 10 impressions; 2nd state, edition of 60
Production notes
1st state, no figures in front of buildings 2nd state, figures added Mendelssohn (1987), 387, illustrates 2nd state, but image has been cropped.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Alcazar, Segovia'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 10'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'first state 4.4.0 [4 guineas]'.'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 445
Subject description
El Alcazar, the Moorish fortified castle, at Segovia, Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93398
Accession number
83.1041
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