Friendly trees
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1921
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
31.0 x 39.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
37.2 x 48.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
18/25
Edition information
edition of 25
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'J.C.A. Traill. 1921'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Friendly Trees'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '18/25'.
Subject description
Landscape of tall, old trees with branches touching, and houses in the background.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
42451
Accession number
76.1227.38
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1976/77 (1976-12-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Thirty Victoria Street [gallery], Sydney, December 1976: As part of a group of 39 prints by various Australian and non-Australian artists.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist