Friar Street, Worcester

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

Friar Street, Worcester

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 31; Paul (1928), 40

Date made

1919

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

aquatint and line-etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate

Matrix size

15.6 x 20.7 cm (plate-mark)

Support

white laid paper

Support size

23.0 x 27.7 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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 corner below plate-mark in black pencil, '2/30'.

Subject description

Streetscape featuring tudor-style shopfronts in Friar Street, Worcester.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

103024

Accession number

77.9.31

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