Pastoral sandgrain

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

Pastoral sandgrain

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 12; Paul (1928), 38

Date made

1918

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

sandgrain etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

14.0 x 17.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

medium-weight smooth off-white wove paper

Support size

18.9 x 22.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition of 15

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate mark in pencil, 'Sydney Long.' Not titled. Not dated.

Subject description

Australian landscape of trees beside a lake in moonlight. Based on a sketch of Woy Woy, Brisbane Water, N.S.W.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

45442

Accession number

65.131

Accession method

Bequest

Provenance

The Oscar Paul Collection. Bequest to the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), from Mrs Henriette von Dallwitz legatee of Richard Paul after reinbursement to estate, to fulfill Richard Paul's intentions to honour his father, May 1965.

Credit line

The Oscar Paul Collection, Gift of Henriette von Dallwitz and of Richard Paul in honour of his father 1965.

Copyright

Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia

Subject category

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

Country of context

Australia

Creators

LONG, Sydney | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013