The class room.
Primary Artist
Julian Ashton (1851–1942)
Title
Date made
1893
Date details
1914, printed
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in blue ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate
Matrix size
11.8 x 16.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
white laid paper
Support size
16.3 x 20.3 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
2nd edition 3/14
Edition information
1st edition unknown; 2nd edition of 14 in 1918
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Julian Ashton'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Class Room'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No.3./14 Proofs'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
66338
Accession number
87.1154
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 1, 1987/88 (1987-07-14)
Provenance
Masterpieces of Australian printmaking, Sydney: Josef Lebovic Gallery, 1987, cat., no. 2. (ill.). Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, 1987.
Credit line
Purchased 1987
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Angus & Robertson. | (1886–) Australian | Organisation | publisher
Ashton, Julian. | (1851–1942) English | Male | artist