The Alcazar, Segovia

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The Alcazar, Segovia

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 387

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 445

Date made

1926

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 with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

19.6 x 29.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove Japanese vellum paper

Support size

24.8 x 33.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

proof 10

Edition information

1st state, at least 10 impressions; 2nd state, edition of 60

Production notes

1st state, no figures in front of buildings 2nd state, figures added Mendelssohn (1987), 387, illustrates 2nd state, but image has been cropped.

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 Alcazar, Segovia'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 10'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'first state 4.4.0 [4 guineas]'.'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 445

Subject description

El Alcazar, the Moorish fortified castle, at Segovia, Spain.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

93398

Accession number

83.1041

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