Musgrave Street from Cremorne.
Primary Artist
Sydney Ure Smith (1887–1949)
Title
Musgrave Street from Cremorne.
Other titles
Musgrave Street, Mosman.
Date made
1916
Place made
Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate
Matrix size
22.4 x 17.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
State
published state
Impression
24/30
Edition information
edition of 30
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Ure Smith'. Not dated. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Musgrave St. Mosman'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No.24./ 30 Proofs'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Inscribed lower left edge in black pencil, 'To Leon Gellert with all good wished from S. Ur. S-'.
Subject description
Harbour scene of Musgrave Street ferry wharf, Mosman, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
71958
Accession number
87.1246
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 1, 1987/88 (1987-07-14)
Provenance
Leon Gellert, gift of the artist [see inscription]. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Deutscher Fine Art, 1987.
Credit line
Purchased 1987
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
URE SMITH, Sydney | (1887–1949) Australian | English | Male | artist
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013