Sydney Head.

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Primary Artist

John Shirlow (1869–1936)

Title

Sydney Head.

Source

Album of original art works assembled by R H Croll

Page or Plate number

p.20

Date made

1918 – 1918, Easter

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Album

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in warm black ink, from one copper plate

Support

paper

State

published state

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

15765

Accession number

96.592.29

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1995/96 (1996-06-26)

Provenance

The album was assembled by Robert Henderson Croll (1869-1947), writer, biorgrapher, art historian. (see ADB, vol.8, pp154-5). The Croll estate was sold by the book dealer Kenneth Hince (Melbourne) and Malvern Fine Art Gallery Melbourne. The album was acquired by Roger Butler from Malvern Fine Art Gallery prior to 1981. Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Roger Butler, Canberra, June 1996.

Credit line

Gift of Roger Butler 1996

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Country of context

Australia

Notes

This work was removed from the album at an unknown date. Croll's inscription records that this plate was 'Etched in Sydney, Easter 1918".

Creators

SHIRLOW, John | (1869–1936) Australian | Male | artist