Christ Church, Old Sydney
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 68; Paul (1928), 29
Date made
1926 – (1926)
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
line-etching, drypoint printed with some plate-tone, from one zinc plate
Matrix size
29.0 x 22.5 cm (plate-mark)
Support
paper
State
published state
Impression
19/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Long'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, Christ Church, Old Sydney'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '19/50'.
Subject description
Streetscape on a rainy day featuring Christ Church St. Laurence episcopal church from George Street, Sydney with horse-drawn carts and a tram.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
46098
Accession number
86.1277
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 8, 1985/86 (1986-04-15)
Provenance
Collection of the artist and cataloguer of Sydney Long's etchings, Dorothy Ellsmore Paul. Gift of her nephew T S Paul to the NGA, 1986.
Credit line
Gift of T.S. Paul in memory of Dorothy Ellsmore Paul 1986
Copyright
Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LONG, Sydney | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
19 Mar 2013