The Great Door, Burgos

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The Great Door, Burgos

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 490, i/ii

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 181

Date made

1929

Date details

1929, 13 February, printed

Place made

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

30.0 x 21.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

Japanese paper

Support size

36.2 x 25.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

1st state of 2

Impression

1st state proof

Edition information

1st state proofs only; 2nd state edition of 100

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, '1st State'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, '3 Proofs only The Great Door, Burgos'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 181

Subject description

Urban scene of people at door of the cathedral, Burgos, Spain.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92700

Accession number

83.761

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

19 Mar 2013