Beehives in the snow.
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1929
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
18.0 x 12.9 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin cream wove paper
Support size
26.8 x 22.1 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
5/?
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'JCATraill 1929'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Beehives in Snow '. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '5'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'aquatint price 2 gns unframed'.
Subject description
Birdseye view of beehives in the snow.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
42002
Accession number
86.588
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from The Print Room [gallery], Sydney, February 1986.
Credit line
Purchased 1986
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist