The seated priest
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1905 – c.1907
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
chalk lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone
Matrix size
34.8 x 24.4 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
38.0 x 27.7 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
working state
Impression
undesignated impression of black key stone
Edition information
edition unknown; no impressions of this image printed in colour are known
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Not signed. Not dated. Not titled.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed on fragment of paper from former backing board in blue ballpoint pen, 'Jessie Traill / The Seated Priest ? Lithograph.'. Inscribed verso lower right corner in black pencil, '3'.
Subject description
Seated priest.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
61163
Accession number
79.2174
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 2, 1979/80 (1979-09-11)
Provenance
With the artist until her death in 1967. Estate of the artist. Exhibitied, 'The printmakers: Mainly of the thirties', Melbourne: Important Women Artists, 11 September - 30 October 1977, no.77. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Jim Alexander Gallery, Melbourne, September 1979.
Credit line
Purchased 1979
Country of context
Australia
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013