Melbourne's pride

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Title

Melbourne's pride

Date made

1914

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Support

medium weight cream wove paper

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition unknown

Production notes

Reflection of factory and horses (Acc. no. 90.1701B) is printed on the verso.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'JCA Traill 1914'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Melbourne's Pride'.

Subject description

Street scene of pedestrians and horse-drawn trams and carriages at "Paris end" of Collins Street looking towards Treasury Building, Melbourne.

IRN

219459

Accession number

90.1701A

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

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

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, December 1990.

Credit line

Purchased 1990

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013