Kookaburra and young
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 19; Paul (1928), 32
Date made
1919 – c.1919
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in black ink with light plate-tone, from one copper plate
Matrix size
12.0 x 18.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
State
published state
Impression
1/20
Edition information
edition of 20
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below image in black pencil, Sydney Long'. Not dated. Not titled. Inscribed lower left below image in black pencil, '1/20'.
Subject description
Native Australian fauna: adult kookaburra feeding young kookaburra.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
102998
Accession number
77.9.18
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