Hammer and tongs, Clyde

Primary Artist

Jessie Traill (1881–1967)

Title

Hammer and tongs, Clyde

Date made

1938

Place made

Great Britain, Scotland View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

17.7 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream laid Lalanne paper

Support size

24.2 x 31.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark lower right, 'Lalanne'.

State

published state

Impression

undesignated proof

Edition information

edition of 30

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'JCA Traill 1938'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Hammer Tongs Clyde'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso lower right corner in black pencil, '124'.

Subject description

Industrial scene of ship building, Clyde, possibly Lithgow Yard at Port Glasgow, Scotland.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

83941

Accession number

82.609

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1982/83 (1982-07-12)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1982.

Credit line

Purchased 1982

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