Desolation

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Desolation

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 188

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 210

Date made

1919

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

spirit-aquatint with burnished hightlights, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

18.6 x 13.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thick cream wove paper

Support size

27.0 x 20.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

49/50

Edition information

1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, edition of 50, plus proofs

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Desolation'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 49 ed 50'. Inscribed lower right at lower edge of sheet in black pencil, 'This was McCrae's favorite. I / astounded him by reproducing / his writing. LL'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 210

Subject description

A camellia bush growing beside a porch, overlooking a lake at night. Illustrates a verse from a poem titled Desolation.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92688

Accession number

83.758

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