Herodiade in the mirror
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 194
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 756
Date made
1919
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
spirit-aquatint and etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
27.6 x 21.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Head & Co paper
Support size
33.8 x 27.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark, '[Hea]d & Co'.
State
1st state of 2
Impression
proof
Edition information
proposed edition of 40, not completed
Production notes
1st state printed image only 2nd state, a second plate giving two lines of the poem by Mallarme is printed centrally just below the plate-mark
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed by Peter Lindsay? lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '1st state'. Inscribed by Peter Lindsay? lower left at base of sheet in black pencil, '1920 Aphrodite.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso lower left in black pencil, '122'.
Subject description
The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
42296
Accession number
76.1187
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1976/77 (1976-12-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from The Town Gallery, Brisbane, 1976.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
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