Herodiade in the mirror

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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

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