Beehives in the snow.
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1929
Place made
Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 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
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013