Finance: "My son, alas! We are powerless, the bankers have spoken.".
Primary Artist
Will Dyson (1880–1938)
Title
Finance: "My son, alas! We are powerless, the bankers have spoken.".
Source
Finance
Date made
1927 – c.1929
Place made
North & Central America, United States of America, New York, New York View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
30.1 x 21.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
paper
Support size
38.9 x 28.6 cm (sheet)
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
40
Subject description
Satirical scene of God and Christ lamenting their loss of power to the bankers of the world.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
31404
Accession number
77.436
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 12, 1977/78 (1977-08-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from John Brackenreg, Artarmon Galleries, Sydney, 1977.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Dyson, Will. | (1880–1938) Australian | Male | artist