...and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
Primary Artist
Frederick Coventry (1905–1997)
Title
...and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
Other titles
and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore
Date made
1929 – 1929-30
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in black ink with plate tone, from one olate
Matrix size
15.2 x 14.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
buff wove paper
Support size
22.5 x 19.0 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
1/50
Edition information
edition of 50, not completed
Production notes
The artist notes: 'A few impressions only were printed and the plates were lost in the blitz on London in 1940'. [Artist to NGA, file 77/721, folio 16].
Collection
Art Gallery of New South Wales
IRN
Not Known
Accession method
gift
Credit line
Bequest of Megan Machin nee Shape, 1988.
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Surrealism
Country of context
Aotearoa New Zealand
Creators
Coventry, Frederick. | (1905–1997) Aotearoa New Zealander | Australian | Male | artist