Building a tunnel, 'Genoa'.
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1927
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone and wiped highlights, from one plate
Support
medium weight smooth cream wove paper
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Not signed. Not dated. Not titled.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower left at base of paper in black ball point pen, '58'.
Subject description
Industrial scene of workers building a tunnel, probably at Genoa, East Gippsland, Victoria.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
118833
Accession number
90.17
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 4, 1990/91 (1990-12-13)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, December 1990.
Credit line
Purchased 1990
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013