Kookaburras
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Other titles
The snake yarn
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 50
Date made
1922
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
line-etching and drypoint, printed in black ink, from one zinc plate
Matrix size
12.6 x 28.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
24.3 x 41.0 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
17/30
Edition information
edition of 30
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Long'. Not dated. Not titled. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '17/30 Line etching on zinc / In British Museum'.
Subject description
Native Australian fauna: kookaburra "talking to" four other kookaburras in tree.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
103072
Accession number
77.9.55
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 categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The J.W.F. Stephen collection of Sydney Long etchings, acquired 1976.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LONG, Sydney | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013