The old mill, Mt Gilead
Primary Artist
Sydney Ure Smith (1887–1949)
Title
Date made
1915 – 1915, December
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
17.4 x 15.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
20.8 x 19.2 cm (sheet)
State
publisged state
Impression
proof G
Edition information
25 proofs; plus lettered proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right in black pencil, 'Sydney Ure Smith/ Dec 1915'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The old mill Mt Gilead'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Proof G./ 25 Proofs'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right at bottom of sheet in black pencil, '£3/3/0
Subject description
Old wheat windmill, Mount Gilead, between Appian and Campbelltown, N.S.W. Built by Thomas Rose Esq in 1836.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
98053
Accession number
83.1101
Accession method
Bequest
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.
Credit line
Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
URE SMITH, Sydney | (1887–1949) Australian | English | Male | artist