The Spirit of the plains
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 27; Paul (1928), 16
Date made
1919
Date details
printed 1922
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in teal ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate
Matrix size
17.7 x 35.2 cm (image)
Support
thin smooth pale grey laid WSH & Co. paper
Support size
29.4 x 46.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark lower left, 'WSH & Co / 1922', lower right, '[pictorial motif] / WSH & Co'
State
2nd state
Impression
undesignated impression
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Long'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Spirit of the Plains'. Inscribed with edition details lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '2nd state'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower left to lower right of sheet in black pencil, '3236c 21 1/2 x 15 1/2 090 1/2 [illeg.] C.B. 31078'.
Subject description
Pastoral scene of naked girl playing a pipe and leading a flock of cranes across a field. The moon rises behind her head.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
49238
Accession number
73.783
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Acquisitions Committee, Canberra, Meeting 8 (1973-11-19)
Provenance
Purchased by the Acquisitions Committee (Australian National Gallery), from James Lawson Auctioneers, Sydney, 1973.
Credit line
Purchased 1973
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