Burgos

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Burgos

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 406

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 237

Date made

1927

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

17.6 x 25.2 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thin cream laid paper

Support size

23.2 x 28.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

3rd state of 3; published state

Impression

?/100

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, a few proofs; 3rd state, edition of 100

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, 'Burgos'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'. Inscribed lower left below signature, ;To my friend Alan Queale'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Cathedral towers to the left and the / old Castle Gateway on the left'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 237

Subject description

Scene overlooking the city with gothic spires of the cathedral at left, Burgos, Spain.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

93318

Accession number

83.1007

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