Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Desolation

Date made

1919

Place made

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

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 188

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 210

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

spirit-aquatint with burnished hightlights, printed in black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

no imprint. Printed below image in facsimile of Hugh McCrae's hand-writted text, 'Desolation. / The somnolent light of the moon and the shadowy stairs / Bestrewn with the leaves of the camelias..the desoate porch. / The ste star like a bloom on the lake. and the lilac wett airs... / The flame and the scent ... of an epithalium torch / Hugh McCrae'.

Matrix size

18.6 x 13.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, edition of 50, plus proofs

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

A camellia bush growing beside a porch, overlooking a lake at night. Illustrates a verse from a poem titled Desolation.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92688

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025