The bridge, Avoca
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 67; Paul (1928), 77
Date made
1926
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
line-etching and drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate tone, from one zinc plate
Matrix size
25.0 x 32.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
laid paper
Support size
34.9 x 45.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
17/60
Edition information
edition unkown?
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Long'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '17/60'.
Subject description
Wooden footbridge at Avoca Lake, northern Sydney, N.S.W.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
103110
Accession number
77.9.74
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 7, 1976/77 (1977-02-08)
Provenance
J.W.F. Stephen, who formed a definitive collection of the etched work of Sydney Long. J.A.C. Stephen, the artistÂ’s son, by descent. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from J.A.C. Stephen, Sydney, 1977.
Credit line
The Stephen Collection, purchased 1976.
Copyright
Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LONG, Sydney | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist