The satyr's pool
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 153a
Date made
1917
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and spirit-aquatint, printed in blrown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
13.0 x 12.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove paper
Support size
16.8 x 16.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
28/50
Edition information
final state, edition of 50
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, 'No 28.'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso upper left inverted in black pencil, '15 x 15' [mount size?].
Subject description
Mythological scene of a satyr frightening a group of naked women bathing in a pool.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
36659
Accession number
74.355
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Interim Council, Meeting 4 (1974-11-12)
Provenance
Purchased by the Acquisition Committee of the future Australian National Gallery, from Decorations Gallery, Melbourne, November 1974.
Credit line
Purchased 1974
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist