The bridge, Avoca

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

The bridge, Avoca

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 67; Paul (1928), 77

Date made

1926

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

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

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013