<p>The blacksmith's shop</p>

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

The blacksmith's shop

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 81; Paul (1928), 72

Date made

1928 – (1928)

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Support

paper

State

published state

Impression

10/50

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right 'Sydney Long'. Inscribed lower centre 'The Blacksmith's Shop'. Inscribed lower left '10/30'.

Subject description

Rural scene of simple buildings with corrugated iron rooves, post and rail fence and cart outside a blacksmith's shop, Wilberforce Road, Windsor, N.S.W.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

103176

Accession number

77.9.107

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

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013