Hauling Stone (Primary Title)
Third Indian and Ladaki Set (Set Title)
Ernest Stephen Lumsden, English, 1883–1948 (Artist)
Ernest Stephen Lumsden, English, 1883–1948 (Printer)
This nearly symmetrical composition depicts men laboring in the hot sun, carrying freight from river ships to a road above the ghats. Lusmden described their activity in a 1925 essay: “from early morning till late evening gangs of coolies toil up the steep ascent carrying the huge blocks of stone in slings, which stacked in rows, are taken away as required in ox-carts.” An empathetic report of these men’s toil, the image is as much—as was so frequently Lumsden’s motive—a study of bright sunlight and shadow.
ed. 50
Signed in graphite "Lumsden imp" at bottom center along plate line, also "19 50"
The following is inscribed in graphite by unknown hands on recto: "Hauling Stone", "S12015", and "7008". "13901" and illegible words inscribed on verso in graphite.
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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