Moonrise pastoral
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Physical description
Pastoral aquatint
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 25; Paul (1928), 10
Date made
1918
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
aquatint, printed in blue ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate
Matrix size
30.6 x 22.7 cm (plate-mark)
Support
soft off-white wove paper
Support size
51.0 x 34.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
3/60
Edition information
1st state edition unknown; 2nd state edition of 60
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Long.' Not dated. Inscribed with edition details lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '3/60'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Titled lower left corner of sheet in black pencil, 'Moonrise Pastoral ['rise P' underlined]'. Inscribed verso lower right vertically in black pencil 'W.O. Paul'.
Subject description
Landscape of moon rising behind trees.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
45451
Accession number
65.135
Accession method
Bequest
Provenance
The Oscar Paul Collection. Bequest to the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), from Mrs Henriette von Dallwitz legatee of Richard Paul after reinbursement to estate, to fulfill Richard Paul's intentions to honour his father, May 1965.
Credit line
The Oscar Paul Collection, Gift of Henriette von Dallwitz and of Richard Paul in honour of his father 1965.
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