Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

An old prison, Nuremberg

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 447 ii/ii

Date made

1928

Place made

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

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 694

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

no imprint

Matrix size

20.8 x 30.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, planned edition of 60, not completed

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 447 ii/ii notes 3 states. NGA 83.958 is inscribed '2nd State. Final state'.

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Weir and prison on the Pegnitz River, Nuremberg, Germany.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

93186

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025