Jodhpur, Evening (Primary Title)
Second Indian Set (Set Title)
Ernest Stephen Lumsden, English, 1883–1948 (Artist)
Ernest Stephen Lumsden, English, 1883–1948 (Printer)
On his second India trip, Lumsden was accompanied by his new bride, fellow artist Mabel Royds. Perhaps drawn by the desert’s romance, the couple went directly to Jodhpur, capital of Rajasthan’s Marwar kingdom. Next to Benares, Jodhpur would become Lumsden’s most frequent Indian subject. This poetic scene, probably sketched from the road leading to the city’s high Mehrangarh Fort, depicts evening’s quiet fall over the town. Like the nearby figures, the artist gazes languidly across the city and down upon a group returning to the desert on camels. Suited to the hour’s soft desert light, Lumsden employs an especially warm-toned ink.
ed. 50
Signed in graphite "Lumsden, imp" at bottom center
Title and "14"? inscribed in graphite by the artist(?) on recto; "88689-C" also inscribed in graphite on recto but by unknown hand.
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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