Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The burning ghat, Benares

Date made

1930

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 480

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 223

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

21.4 x 30.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 100

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Cremation ceremony on the burning ghat [steps leading down to the water], Benares (Varanasi), India.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90915

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

19 Mar 2013