The observatory
Primary Artist
Sydney Ure Smith (1887–1949)
Title
Date made
1919
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
9.8 x 10.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
15.0 x 14.6 cm (sheet)
State
3rd state of 3; published state
Impression
9/25
Edition information
edition of 25
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Ure Smith'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The observatory'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'no.9/ 3rd state 25 Proofs'.
Subject description
The Sydney observatory, Dawes Point, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
98051
Accession number
83.11
Accession method
Bequest
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.
Credit line
Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
URE SMITH, Sydney | (1887–1949) Australian | English | Male | artist