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The Acolyte

Ernest Stephen Lumsden · 1920

Ernest Stephen Lumsden: Scottish, 1883 - 1948

UnclassifiedUnited Kingdom
Other names (4)

Ernest Stephen Lumsden, Ernest Stephen Lumsden, Ernest Stephen Lumsden, Ernest Stephen Lumsden

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  • Frank Morley Fletchereditorial inference
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Ernest Stephen Lumsden

The Acolyte

1920

drypoint and etching in black · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Dating
Exact year
Medium
drypoint and etching in black
Dimensions
plate: 35.24 × 23.02 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/16 in.)
Collection no.
1943.3.5737
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

The Acolyte — Ernest Stephen Lumsden. 1920.

Medium: drypoint and etching in black.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 35.24 × 23.02 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.3.5737. Rosenwald Collection.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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