Floodlit Edinburgh Castle.

Primary Artist

Jessie Traill (1881–1967)

Title

Floodlit Edinburgh Castle.

Other titles

Floodlit

Date made

1939

Place made

Europe, Scotland, Edinburgh, Edinburgh View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

13.5 x 20.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

medium weight cream wove paper

Support size

19.2 x 31.7 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

2nd state

Impression

6/?

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 1939'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Flood lit ...Edinburgh Castle.'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '(2nd state) 6'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso upper left in black pencil, 'A to R.A. Red t'. Inscribed verso, upper centre in black pencil, 'to MCCLELLAND 6213'.

Subject description

Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, floodlit at night.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

59751

Accession number

79.189

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1979/80 (1979-08-13)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Thirty Victoria Street [gallery], Sydney, August 1979; Part of a group of 36 prints by various Australian artists.

Credit line

Purchased 1979

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Country of context

Australia

Creators

TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

19 Mar 2013