The Thames from Waterloo Bridge

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

The Thames from Waterloo Bridge

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 35; Paul (1928), 2

Date made

1919 – (1919)

Place made

Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

line-etching, printed in warm black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

19.9 x 29.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream laid paper

Support size

27.5 x 35.4 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

1/30

Edition information

edition of 30

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sidney Long'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left corner below plate-mark in black pencil, '1/30'. Inscribed lower left corner of sheet in black pencil, 'The River from Waterloo Bridge line etching'.

Subject description

River scene of the Thames from Waterloo Bridge looking towards St Paul's Cathedral, London.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

103038

Accession number

77.9.38

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 7, 1976/77 (1977-02-08)

Provenance

J.W.F. Stephen, who formed a definitive collection of the etched work of Sydney Long. J.A.C. Stephen, the artistÂ’s son, by descent. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from J.A.C. Stephen, Sydney, 1977.

Credit line

The Stephen Collection, purchased 1976.

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