Primary Artist

Jessie Traill (1881–1967)

Title

not titled [mother and child]

Date made

1909

Place made

Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

hardground-etching, drypoint and foul biting, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

29.0 x 16.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream laid Arches paper

Support size

37.8 x 24.9 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark: 'A' [possibly Arches]

State

published state

Impression

undesignated proof

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'J.C.A. Traill.1909'. Inscribed verso lower left in black pencil, ' Your mother'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with framing instructions lower right at base in black pencil, 'White mount cut right up to plate mark/ + a bit cut out to show signature.' Other measurements around edge of print indicate mountsize of 17 inches x 11 1/2 inches with 2 inch on each side and 3 1/2 inches at bottom. Inscribed verso lower left in black pencil, 'your mother'.

Subject description

Seated mother holding a small child.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

68370

Accession number

87.78

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 9, 1986/87 (1987-05-21)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Niagara Galleries, May 1987.

Credit line

Purchased 1987

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Country of context

Australia

Creators

TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013