Evensong

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Evensong

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 140

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 439

Date made

1917

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

aquatint and etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

18.8 x 14.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thick wove paper

Support size

25.4 x 17.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

10/50

Edition information

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

Production notes

1st state, etching and drypoint only 2nd state, addition of aquatint

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. 10'. Inscribed lower left at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Evensong'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Nankivell'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 440

Subject description

Mythological scene of Pan sitting on a rock playing pipes to a naked woman holding a crook and a herd of goats.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92415

Accession number

83.637

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