Fishing boats, Whitby [2]
![Artist: b'LONG, Sydney' | Title: b'Fishing boats, Whitby [2]' | Date: (1918) | Technique: b'line-etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate' | Copyright: b'Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia'](/media/cache/a7/33/a733a3fe5c9542960dda7c9692668e75.jpg)
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 22; Paul (1928), not recorded
Date made
1918 – (1918)
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
line-etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
14.6 x 14.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove Reeves wove paper
Support size
22.8 x 22.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark bottom edge of sheet, ''REEVES', repeated
State
2nd state, published state
Impression
1/30
Edition information
2nd state edition of 30
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sid Long'. Not dated. Not titled. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '1/30'.
Subject description
Fishing boats with sails raised on the River Mersey, Whitby, Cheshire.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
103014
Accession number
77.9.26
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
11 Jan 2013