Pastoral landscape
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 120
Date made
1928 – 1928, after
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 with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
30.0 x 39.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
medium-weight soft white wove paper
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Long.' Not dated. Not titled. Inscribed with edition details lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'First State'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso upper left in black pencil, 'NOT CATALOGUED / 10 / N/C 10 A'.
Subject description
Australian landscape with farmhouse and distant hills.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
103148
Accession number
77.9.93
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 7, 1976/77 (1977-02-08)
Provenance
J.W.F. Stephen, who formed a definitive collection of the etched work of Sydney Long. J.A.C. Stephen, the artistÂ’s son, by descent. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from J.A.C. Stephen, Sydney, 1977.
Credit line
The Stephen Collection, purchased 1976.
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
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013