Primary Artist

John Shirlow (1869–1936)

Title

The auditorium

Date made

1922

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

27.6 x 12.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream laid Arches paper

Support size

34.6 x 17.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark: 'ARCHES'

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'John Shirlow'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'To Grace with regards'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

59904

Accession number

79.1941

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1979/80 (1979-08-13)

Provenance

Gift to Grace Croll (wife of Shirlows biographer R.H.Croll), from the artist, [Melbourne, 1922].

Credit line

Purchased 1979

Subject category

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

Country of context

Australia

Creators

SHIRLOW, John | (1869–1936) Australian | Male | artist