Waterloo Bridge in course of demolition
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Waterloo Bridge in course of demolition
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 87; Paul (1928), 86
Date made
1928
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
line-etching and drypoint, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
26.4 x 35.2 cm (image)
Support
paper
State
published state
Impression
18/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Nos signed. Not dated.
Subject description
Cityscape of Waterloo Bridge over the Thames, London surrounded by demolition pylons, looking East towards Blackfriars Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
46156
Accession number
86.1288
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 8, 1985/86 (1986-04-15)
Provenance
Collection of the artist and cataloguer of Sydney Long's etchings, Dorothy Ellsmore Paul. Gift of her nephew T S Paul to the NGA, 1986.
Credit line
Gift of T.S. Paul in memory of Dorothy Ellsmore Paul 1986
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