Sitalá Temple (Primary Title)
The Sitalá Temple (Former Title)
Third Indian and Ladaki Set (Set Title)
Ernest Stephen Lumsden, English, 1883–1948 (Artist)
Ernest Stephen Lumsden, English, 1883–1948 (Printer)
At the center of this sun-drenched view along the Ganges banks is a temple of Shitala, goddess of smallpox. On the left, a line of devotees files toward the temple, while others wait on its open terrace for their turn to enter and offer prayers to the revered goddess. Elsewhere, small groups move about or leisurely sit. Extolled by critic Malcolm C. Salaman as an “exquisite suggestion of the river in a golden haze,” the etching conveys distant buildings and a boat through just a few faint blurs.
ed 50
Signed in brown ink "Lumsden imp" at bottom center along plate line; also in brown ink "21 50"
Title, "S11470" and "2347" inscribed in graphite by unknown hand(s) on recto.
Gift of Frank Raysor
Light and Line: E. S. Lumsden's Visions of India, VMFA South Asian Galleries, April 11, 2016 - April 4, 2017
Copley, John. “The Later Etchings of E. S. Lumsden”, The Print Collector’s Quarterly, July 1936. Includes a chronological list, 1905-1935, compiled by E. S. Lumsden.
©artist or artist’s estate
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