Russell Street - The Jail

Primary Artist

John Shirlow (1869–1936)

Title

Russell Street - The Jail

Other titles

The gaol

Date made

1901

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

17.8 x 12.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

paper

Support size

19.6 x 13.4 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'John Shirlow'

Subject description

Street scene of pedestrians outside Old Melbourne Jail, Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

42445

Accession number

76.1227.35

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1976/77 (1976-12-14)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Thirty Victoria Street [gallery], Sydney, December 1976: As part of a group of 39 prints by various Australian and non-Australian artists.

Credit line

Purchased 1976

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Country of context

Australia

Creators

SHIRLOW, John | (1869–1936) Australian | Male | artist