Castle Villefranche

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Castle Villefranche

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 431

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 239

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

drypoint, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

17.4 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove Japanese vellum paper

Support size

22.4 x 28.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

?/75

Edition information

1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, edition of 75

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, 'Castle Villefranche'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '75'. Inscribed lower left below signature in black pencil, 'To my friend Alan Queale'.right corner of sheet in black pencil, 'last Print'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 239

Subject description

Road and some houses leading to castle ruins above Villefranche, France.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

93220

Accession number

83.971

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