The old Sydney Morning Herald offices
Primary Artist
Sydney Ure Smith (1887–1949)
Title
The old Sydney Morning Herald offices
Date made
1924 – c.1926
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
32.6 x 22.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
34.2 x 26.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: 'Hand Made'.
State
published state
Impression
29/30
Edition information
edition of 30
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Ure Smith'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The old Sydney Morning Herald cffices'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No.29/ 30 Proof'.
Subject description
Street scene of old Sydney Morning Herald newspaper building, corner of Hunter and Pitt Streets, Sydney with new office tower under construction behind.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
98058
Accession number
83.1103
Accession method
Bequest
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.
Credit line
Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
URE SMITH, Sydney | (1887–1949) Australian | English | Male | artist