Herodiade in the mirror

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Herodiade in the mirror

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Matrix size

27.6 x 21.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

34.0 x 25.3 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

2st 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 right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right beloe wmage in black pencil, 'proof'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 756

Subject description

The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92177

Accession number

83.551

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