Evensong
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 140
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 439
Date made
1917
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and drypoint, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
18.8 x 14.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin wove paper
Support size
23.2 x 17.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state of 2?
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state a few proofs only; 2nd state, edition of 50
Production notes
1st state, etching and drypoint only 2nd state, addition of aquatint
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '1st state'. Inscribed lower right corner in black pencil, 'Evensong'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 439
Subject description
Mythological scene of Pan sitting on a rock playing pipes to a naked woman holding a crook and a herd of goats.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92412
Accession number
83.636
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