Argyle cut, old Sydney.
Primary Artist
Alfred Coffey (1869–1950)
Title
Date made
1910
Place made
Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
49.0 x 31.8 cm (image)
Support
cream laid Van Gelder paper
Support size
57.8 x 39.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: centre, 'VAN GELDER CONE'.
State
published state
Impression
27/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Alower rightd Coffey'. Not dated. Titled lower left corner below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Argyle Cut, Old Sydney'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '27/50'
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
39071
Accession number
76.722.7
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 4, 1976/77 (1976-10-12)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Thirty Victoria Street [gallery], Sydney, 12 October 1976, part of a group of 65 prints by various artists.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Coffey, Alfred. | (1869–1950) Australian | Irish | Male | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013