The waterhole
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1922
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone and wiped highlights, from one plate
Matrix size
25.0 x 41.1 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin wove paper
Support size
39.0 x 54.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
4/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'JCA Traill 1922'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Waterhole'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '4/50'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower left on paper's edge, '£3 30 unframed / £3 13 6 framed'. Inscribed with framing specification lower centre on papers edge in black pencil, '[illegible] 10769 22 1/3 x 16 1/4 1/2 Flat Box Hardwood. 35 mt'.
Subject description
Windswept landscape with trees surrounding waterhole and flock of birds in the sky, possibly Harkaway, Victoria.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
110020
Accession number
81.103
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 5, 1980/81 (1981-02-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from the Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne, February 1981
Credit line
Purchased 1981
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist