The woodcutters' home
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1909 – c.1911
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, drypoint and foul biting, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone and wiped highlights, from one plate
Matrix size
47.7 x 17.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
54.0 x 21.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark.
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'J.C.A. Traill'. Not dated Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Wood Cutters' Home'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with framing instructions lower right at base in black pencil, '19 3/8 x 7 1/8'. Inscribed lower right corner in black pencil, '215'.
Subject description
Landscape of small house seen through a forest of tall eucalypt trees. Long shadows on the ground..
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
42453
Accession number
76.1227.39
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1976/77 (1976-12-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Thirty Victoria Street [gallery], Sydney, December 1976: As part of a group of 39 prints by various Australian and non-Australian artists.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013