Moonlit harvest
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Other titles
Moonlight stooks
Date made
1914
Place made
Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 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