Saint Simeon Stylites
Primary Artist
Raymond Mcgrath (1903–1977)
Title
Reference
Butler (1979), 47
Date made
1925
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
22.6 x 18.8 cm (image)
Support
cream paper
Support size
30.6 x 22.9 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
2/30
Edition information
edition of 30
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Raymond McGrath.1925'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'No.2/ Ed.30'. Inscribed lower centre below printed image in black pencil, ' 'A sign betwixt the meadow and the cloud,/ Patient on this tall pillower rightI have borne/ Rain, wind, frost, heat, hail, damp, and sleet and snow;/ And I had hoped that 'ere this period closed/ Those wouldst have caught me up into they rest,/ Denying not these weather beaten limbs/ The mead of Saints, the white robe and the palm '- Alower rightd Lord Tennyson/ (St Simeon Stylites).'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso lower right in black pencil, '1 guinea'. Inscribed lower right corner in pen and red ink, '1/1/-v'.
Subject description
Ariel view of the Christian ascetic St. Simeon Stylites standing on the top of of the tall colum on which he lived for 39 years. Below him are the domed roofs of the church near Aleppo in Syria, while in the square people are gathered.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
117151
Accession number
77.260.10.2
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1976/77 (1977-05-31)
Provenance
Gift to the Australian National Gallery, from John Brackenreg, Sydney, 1977.
Credit line
Gift of John Brackenreg 1977
Country of context
Australia
Creators
McGrath, Raymond. | (1903–1977) Australian | Male | artist