The Spirit of the plains

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

The Spirit of the plains

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

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Category

Print

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013