Possum time: Harfra at night.
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1921
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
softground-etching with foul-biting, printed in brown ink with plate-tone and wiped highlights, from one plate
Matrix size
13.4 x 12.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin smooth cream wove paper
Support size
22.7 x 17.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
16/?
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, ' J.C.A. Traill 1921'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Possum Time'. Inscribed lower left corner in black pencil, 'The Cottage at Harkaway'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '16'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Incsribed verso lower left in black pencil, '863'.
Subject description
The artist's home, "Harfra", Harkaway, Victoria at night with possums on branch decorating base.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
70553
Accession number
80.893
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 7, 1979/80 (1980-05-13)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, May 1980.
Credit line
Purchased 1980
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013