The river from Blackfriars Bridge

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

The river from Blackfriars Bridge

Other titles

The Thames from Blackfriars Bridge, London

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 64; Paul (1928), 19

Date made

1925

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

line-etching and drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate

Matrix size

18.8 x 31.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thin smooth cream laid paper

Support size

27.2 x 46.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark upper right, 'HGL [?]'

State

published state

Impression

3/30

Edition information

edition of 30

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Long.' Not dated. Inscribed with edition details lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '3/30'.

Subject description

Cityscape of fishing boats on River Thames, London, from Blackfriars Bridge looking west to Waterloo Bridge.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

103098

Accession number

77.9.68

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 7, 1976/77 (1977-02-08)

Provenance

J.W.F. Stephen, who formed a definitive collection of the etched work of Sydney Long. J.A.C. Stephen, the artistÂ’s son, by descent. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from J.A.C. Stephen, Sydney, 1977.

Credit line

The Stephen Collection, purchased 1976.

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