Margaret Traill
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1937
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
35.6 x 20.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin smooth cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
44.5 x 29.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'JCA Traill'. Not dated.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower left at base in black pencil, '[illegible circled number]'. Inscribed with mount measurements of 2 inches at top, 2 inches at side and 3 1/2 at base. Inscribed verso in black pencil, 'Penny Traill'.
Subject description
Full-length portrait of Margaret ("Peggy") Traill in evening dress.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
89793
Accession number
83.36
Accession method
Director's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 8, 1982/83 (1983-03-07)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, March 1983.
Credit line
Purchased 1983
Country of context
Australia
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013