...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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

15.2 x 14.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream laid paper

Support size

22.8 x 19.0 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

4/50

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].

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'F H Coventry'. Not dated. Titled lower edge in black pencil, ' '...and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore' .'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '4/50'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

146185

Accession number

90.1695

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 4, 1990/91 (1990-12-13)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from the artist, London, 1990.

Credit line

Purchased 1990

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Surrealism

Country of context

Aotearoa New Zealand

Notes

The artist notes in a letter on file 77/721 The print was "entered for the Rome scholarship (Prix de Rome in engraving 1930), had to show engraving, drawing, for composition". "A few impressions only were printed and the plates were lost in the blitz on London in 1940". The artist, in a letter on file 77/721 folio 16.

Creators

Coventry, Frederick. | (1905–1997) Aotearoa New Zealander | Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013