The Soup Kitchen, Quay, Paris
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1930
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
aquatint and etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate
Matrix size
17.9 x 27.5 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin off-white laid van Gelder Zonen paper
Support size
26.8 x 41.7 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark vertical centre, 'VAN GELDER ZONEN'.
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, 'JCA Traill 1930'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Soup Kitchen Quay, Paris'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with title verso upper left in black pencil, 'The Soup Kitchen Quay Paris / aquatint'. Inscribed verso upper right in black pencil, 'Price 4-4-0 / JCA Traill / Harkaway / Victoria / Australia'. Inscribed lower left at base in black pencil, 'T967Ref'.
Subject description
Street scene of queue of people gathered outside a Parisian soup kitchen in the cold.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
42000
Accession number
86.587
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
Notes
Another impression without any inscriptions at McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, Victoria.
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013