Cumberland Street, The Rocks, Sydney.
Primary Artist
Julian Ashton (1851–1942)
Title
Cumberland Street, The Rocks, Sydney.
Date made
1893
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and roulette, printed in blue-black ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate
Matrix size
26.6 x 17.2 cm (printed image)
Support
thin white laid paper
Support size
33.4 x 25.6 cm (sheet)
State
working state
Impression
artist's proof, trimmed within plate-mark at top edge
Edition information
1st edition unknown; 2nd edition of 14 in 1918
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'to R.A.' [Richard Ashton ?].
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with title in unknown hand lower left in black pencil, 'Old Cumberland Street, The Rocks, Sydney'
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
29098
Accession number
76.399
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Special Meeting, 1976/77 (1976-07-27)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Thirty Victoria Street [gallery], Sydney, 27 July 1976, as one of 25 prints by various Australian artists.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Notes
trimmed at top edge
Creators
Ashton, Julian. | (1851–1942) English | Male | artist