Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The Sacred Grove

Date made

1921

Place made

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

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 251

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 466

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

spirit-aquatint, etching and burnishing, printed in black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

no imprint

Matrix size

18.7 x 24.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

final state, edition of 40

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

Mythological scene of naked women dancing around statue of Pan in a thick grove of trees.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92741

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025