Fishing boats, Whitby [2]

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

Fishing boats, Whitby [2]

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 22; Paul (1928), not recorded

Date made

1918 – (1918)

Place made

Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map

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Category

Print

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