Chinese at a doorway
Primary Artist
John Shirlow (1869–1936)
Title
Date made
1922
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate
Matrix size
29.4 x 12.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove 'J. Whatman' paper
Support size
20.6 x 23.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: left side, 'J.WHATMAN'.
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition of 40
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower left in plate, 'SHIRLOW 1922'. Inscribed in plate lower right 'CHINESE AT A DOORWAY'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right in black pencil, '27'. Inscribed lower centre in black pencil, '1894 (illeg)'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
2827
Accession number
94.1464
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 3, 1994/95 (1994-12-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1994.
Credit line
Purchased 1994
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Early proof lightly printed on reverse.
Creators
SHIRLOW, John | (1869–1936) Australian | Male | artist