Pastoral softground

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

Pastoral softground

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

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Category

Print

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