The Shrine

1922

Ernest Stephen Lumsden

Associated Names
Ernest Stephen Lumsden

Artist, Scottish, 1883 - 1948

This is a drawing featuring a statue in a religious or spiritual setting. The image shows an intricate sculpture or relief of a multi-armed figure with a crown of heads, surrounded by a circular medallion. The background includes a dimly lit interior with architectural details like columns and wall paintings. The artwork is richly textured, capturing the fine details of the sculpture and its surroundings, with objects and votive offerings around the base.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 37.78 × 27.46 cm (14 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.153

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lumsden 1936, no. 246, vi/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Conrad Graeber Fine Art, Glyndon, MD); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased December 26, 1995; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1936

  • Lumsden, E. S. "Chronological List, 1905-1935." Print Collector's Quarterly 23, no. 3 (July 1936): p. 232, no. 246, vi/vi.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Lumsden 1912; lower center in black ink: Lumsden imp.; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: P2096; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: The Shrine; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: S. 11425

Wikidata ID

Q76339040

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