Moel Siabod, North Wales

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

Moel Siabod, North Wales

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 94

Date made

1919 – c.1920

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

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