Moonrise on the lake
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 112
Date made
1929
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
line-etching, soft-ground etching and aquatint, printed in blue ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
26.5 x 36.7 cm (image)
Support
thin smooth off-white wove paper
Support size
31.3 x 41.7 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
22/60
Edition information
edition of 60
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Long'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Moonrise on the Lake.' Nonscribed with edition details lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '22/60'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right of sheet, '090 1/2 Black [illeg.] 15921[runs vertically]'.
Subject description
Landscape of trees beside Lake Narrabeen with moon rising behind distant hills.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
37187
Accession number
75.97
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Interim Council, Meeting 13 (1975-08-12)
Credit line
Purchased 1975
Copyright
Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LONG, Sydney | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013