Building the Harbour Bridge VI: Nearly complete, June 1931.
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Building the Harbour Bridge VI: Nearly complete, June 1931.
Physical description
Another impression of same plate printed on verso
Source
Building the Harbour Bridge
Page or Plate number
no.6.
Date made
1931 – June 1931
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
37.6 x 14.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
45.9 x 22.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
2/30
Edition information
edition of 30
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'JCA Traill 1931'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Building the Harbour Bridge VII June 1931'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '2/30'.
Subject description
Harbour scene of Sydney Harbour Bridge nearing completion.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
59746
Accession number
79.1888
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 1, 1979/80 (1979-08-13)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Thirty Victoria Street [gallery], Sydney, August 1979; Part of a group of 36 prints by various Australian artists.
Credit line
Purchased 1979
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013