Moel Siabod, North Wales
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 94
Date made
1919 – c.1920
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
softground-etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
15.8 x 20.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
off-white wove paper
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
Not published
Impression
1st proof
Edition information
no edition printed; only proof, plate destroyed
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Long'. Titled lower left corner of sheet in black pencil, 'Moel Siabod / North Wales ['th Wa' underlined]'. Inscribed with edition details lower left corner of sheet in black pencil, '1st and only proof plate destroyed ['st' underlined]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso upper left in black pencil, '48 in Catalogue'. Inscribed verso upper centre in black pencil, '- 2 -'. Inscribed verso lower left in black pencil, 'Moel Siabod, North Wales / soft ground / 1 proof only exists'. Inscribed verso lower centre in black pencil, '42 [encircled]'.
Subject description
Landscape of fields and distant mountain at Moel Siabod, North Wales.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
103146
Accession number
77.9.92
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 7, 1976/77 (1977-02-08)
Provenance
J.W.F. Stephen, who formed a definitive collection of the etched work of Sydney Long. J.A.C. Stephen, the artistÂ’s son, by descent. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from J.A.C. Stephen, Sydney, 1977.
Credit line
The Stephen Collection, purchased 1976.
Copyright
Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The J.W.F. Stephen collection of Sydney Long etchings, acquired 1976.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LONG, Sydney | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013