Desolation
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
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
Category
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
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013