The burning ghat, Benares
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 480
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 223
Date made
1930
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
21.4 x 30.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
Japanese style paper
Support size
28.8 x 43.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; Published state
Impression
?/100
Edition information
edition of 100
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Burning Ghat'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet, 'When I was printing this a soldier who / had been in India looked at it carefully and said / there's only one mistake those corpse cariers are all in step. L.L.'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 223
Subject description
Cremation ceremony on the burning ghat [steps leading down to the water], Benares (Varanasi), India.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90915
Accession number
83.452
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