Kookaburra and young

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

Kookaburra and young

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 19; Paul (1928), 32

Date made

1919 – c.1919

Place made

Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map

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Category

Print

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013