Floodlit Edinburgh Castle.
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Other titles
Floodlit
Date made
1939
Place made
Europe, Scotland, Edinburgh, Edinburgh View on map Close map
Category
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