Pastoral softground
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Other titles
Sofground Pastoral
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 26; Paul (1928), 20
Date made
1918
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
softground-etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one zinc plate
Matrix size
35.9 x 25.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
medium-weight soft off-white wove cream paper
Support size
42.8 x 31.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
4/50
Edition information
edition of 50
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, 'Soft-ground Pastoral'. Inscribed with edition details lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '4/50'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso lower left corner in black pencil, '[illeg.] / ity / Etch [illeg.]'. Inscribed verso lower left corner in black pencil, 'Purchased by [underlined] / New York Library / British Museum / Victoria & Albert Museum / Congress Library, Washington'.
Subject description
Landscape of distant view through tall trees.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
97943
Accession number
83.107
Accession method
Bequest
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.
Credit line
Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.
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