A castle in Extremadura (moonlight), Spain
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
A castle in Extremadura (moonlight), Spain
Other titles
A castle in Estremadura [sic] (moonlight), Spain
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 581
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 243
Date made
1946
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
mezzotint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
18.2 x 24.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
22.8 x 27.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
final state, edition of 50, plus proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'A castle in Estremadura (moonlight)'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Ed 50'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'The cross at the left has been Erected / where a man was murdered.'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 243
Subject description
Rural scene of men on horse and donkeys riding past a shrine at the base of the hill-top castle lit by moonlight. The Arab castle is outside the town of Trujillo, in the Extremadura region of Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93227
Accession number
83.974
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