The deserted shrine.
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
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
Category
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
Last Updated
19 Mar 2013