Moonrise pastoral

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

Moonrise pastoral

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

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Category

Print

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

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013