Moonlight at the farm
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1910 – c.1912
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
27.0 x 34.5 cm (plate-mark)
Support
light brown wove paper
Support size
39.3 x 44.1 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, 'JCA Traill'. Not dated. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Moonlight at the Farm'.
Subject description
Rural scene of farm buildings and shadows of trees cast by moonlight.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
32192
Accession number
77.23
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1976/77 (1977-05-31)
Provenance
With the artist until her death in 1967. Estate of the artist Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from 'Jessie Traill', Melbourne: Important Women Artists, May 1977; From the exhibition, 'Jessie Trail (1881 - 1967), Melbourne: Important Women Artists, 11 June - 31 July 1977, cat, no., 53.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
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