The signal-box.
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1910
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, drypoint and foul biting, printed in warm brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
35.5 x 27.9 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin off-white oriental style wove paper
Support size
50.5 x 35.3 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'J.C.A. Traill. 1910.' Not titled.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right at base in pencil, 'No 1 [...] illegible'. Inscribed with mount measurements of 3 inches at top, 2 1/2 at side and 3 at base. No. 1 mount in 'oak frame'.
Subject description
Signal box and steam train above roadway.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
91075
Accession number
83.1194
Accession method
Director's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Niagara Lane Galleries, Melbourne, May 1984.
Credit line
Purchased 1983
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