On the Wandle
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 41; Paul (1928), 37
Date made
1920
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
line-etching and drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one zinc plate
Matrix size
29.6 x 26.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin off-white laid Van Gelder Zonen paper
Support size
45.8 x 37.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark centre, 'VAN GELDER ZONEN'
State
published state
Impression
2/30
Edition information
edition of 30
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Long.' Not dated. Inscribed with edition details lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '2/30'. Inscribed lower left corner of sheet in black pencil, 'The Wandle. / (diploma) Etching'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso upper left in black pencil, 'no 1'. Inscribed verso centre right in black pencil, 'W.O. Paul [runs vertically]'.
Subject description
Rural scene of trees near the Wandle River, Greater London.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
45446
Accession number
65.133
Accession method
Bequest
Provenance
The Oscar Paul Collection. Bequest to the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), from Mrs Henriette von Dallwitz legatee of Richard Paul after reinbursement to estate, to fulfill Richard Paul's intentions to honour his father, May 1965.
Credit line
The Oscar Paul Collection, Gift of Henriette von Dallwitz and of Richard Paul in honour of his father 1965.
Copyright
Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The J.W.F. Stephen collection of Sydney Long etchings, acquired 1976.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LONG, Sydney | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist