Ruby Lind (Lindsay)
Time and youth
A member of the talented Lindsay family, Ruby, who usually
signed her work as Ruby Lind, was determined to become an
illustrator. On moving from Creswick to Melbourne to study at
the National Gallery School Lindsay began drawing for the
Hawkett, Gadfly and Bulletin before marrying Will Dyson and moving
to London in 1909
Possibly an illustration for a story, Lindsay has
drawn "Old Father Time", an elderly robed and bearded man.
Two young children swing from a rope tied around his waist
while another reaches for it and a fourth has fallen off. The
scythe that is being carried by the old man is also associated with
the Greek story of Chronos, linking the passage of time with
the inevitability of death. This image, drawn around
1915, may relate to a popular New Year celebration where Father
Time is used as a personification of the previous year and hands
over the duties of time to Baby New Year.