The Matadero, Segovia
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 394
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 242
Date made
1926
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
18.1 x 26.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
28.8 x 40.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
?/60
Edition information
1st atate, proofs only; 2nd state, edition of 60
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 Matadera, Segovia'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '60'. Inscribed lower left at base of sheet in black pencil, 'The Matadera'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, 'This is the Slaughter House, / on the skirts of the city built / close to a deep ravine'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 242
Subject description
Outside the matadero (slaughter house), Segovia, Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90814
Accession number
83.404
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