<p>The blacksmith's shop</p>
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 81; Paul (1928), 72
Date made
1928 – (1928)
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
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