Grandmother

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Primary Artist

J.H. Scheltema (1861–1941)

Title

Grandmother

Date made

1899

Place made

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

11.9 x 15.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

31.2 x 21.6 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark: '[illegible] / PARCHMENT' over image of castle.

State

published state

Impression

5/50

Edition information

edition of 50

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'J H Scheltema'. Not dated.not titled Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '5/50'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Cat. 394

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

91256

Accession number

83.1273

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Leonard Joel, Melbourne, May 1983; From the auction, 'Australian Graphics', Melbourne: Leonard Joel, 19 October 1982, lot.394.

Credit line

Purchased 1983

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Scheltema, J.H. | (1861–1941) Australian | Dutch | Male | artist

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013