Station Square [1]
![Artist: b'LONG, Sydney' | Title: b'Station Square [1]' | Date: 1927 | Technique: b'line-etching, drypoint printed in brown ink, from one copper plate' | Copyright: b'Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia'](/media/cache/d3/5e/d35e9fce5d393cd7d184ffef7e36a856.jpg)
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 78; Paul (1928), 9
Date made
1927
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
line-etching, drypoint printed in brown ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
22.4 x 28.7 cm (image)
Support
paper
State
published state
Impression
2/60
Edition information
edition of 60
Production notes
NGA 86.1293, study for 'Station Square', pencil, Gift of T.S. Paul in memory of Dorothy Ellsmore Paul 1986
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right 'Sydney Long'. Inscribed lower centre 'Central Station'. Inscribed lower left '2/60'.
Subject description
Cityscape of people and trams on a wet day at Railway Square, Sydney with clocktower of Central Station dominating the skyline.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
103130
Accession number
77.9.84
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
04 Jan 2013