Moonlit harvest
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Other titles
Moonlight stooks
Date made
1914
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
aquatint, etching printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
12.6 x 25.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin smooth brown wove paper, subsequently adhered to thin smooth white wove paper backing
Support size
26.4 x 35.3 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
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.1914'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Moonlit Harvest'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Inscribed verso on backing board upper edge in black pencil, 'Stooks in moonlight / at Harkaway / next to our place when we first came / Father's Choice'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso backing board, centre, pencil, 'STG1.1.0 (erased)'.
Subject description
Bundles of harvested grain in a field, lit by the moon, Harkaway, Victoria.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
103157
Accession number
85.1426
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 2, 1985/86 (1985-08-13)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, August 1985.
Credit line
Purchased 1985
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