The lake, Avoca
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 70
Date made
1926
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
line-etching and drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one zinc plate
Matrix size
25.0 x 35.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin smooth cream laid Van Gelder Zonen paper
Support size
35.0 x 45.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark centre, 'VAN GELDER ZONEN [runs vertically]'
State
published state
Impression
7/60
Edition information
edition of 60
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Long'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, '.The Lake Avoca.' Inscribed with edition details lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '7/60'. Inscribed lower left of sheet in black pencil, 'Price £3.3.0'.
Subject description
Water scene at Avoca Lake, northern Sydney, N.S.W. with view through trees of boat-house.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
103106
Accession number
77.9.72
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 7, 1976/77 (1977-02-08)
Provenance
J.W.F. Stephen, who formed a definitive collection of the etched work of Sydney Long. J.A.C. Stephen, the artists son, by descent. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from J.A.C. Stephen, Sydney, 1977.
Credit line
The Stephen Collection, purchased 1976.
Copyright
Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The J.W.F. Stephen collection of Sydney Long etchings, acquired 1976.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LONG, Sydney | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist