The deserted shrine.

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The deserted shrine.

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 10

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 422

Date made

1907

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in warm black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

20.1 x 15.3 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

25.2 x 18.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

State proofs; final state edition of 30, plus proofs

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The deserted Shrine'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'ed 30'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet, '1907'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 422

Subject description

Carved stone memorial in an overgrown garden.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

93077

Accession number

83.921

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