Voices
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1912
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
24.8 x 14.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin smooth cream laid paper; subsequently adhered to thin white tissue paper
Support size
27.8 x 17.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated proof
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'J.C.A. Traill 1912'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Voices 9 [illegible'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'aquatint'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso lower right in black pencil, '106'.
Subject description
Silhouette of seated woman in semi darkness, leaning forward with her hands clasped together.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
32188
Accession number
77.228
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1976/77 (1977-05-31)
Provenance
With the artist until her death in 1967. Estate of the artist Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from 'Jessie Traill', Melbourne: Important Women Artists, May 1977; From the exhibition, 'Jessie Trail (1881 - 1967), Melbourne: Important Women Artists, 11 June - 31 July 1977, cat. no., 54.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013