Melbourne from Richmond Paddock

Primary Artist

Jessie Traill (1881–1967)

Title

Melbourne from Richmond Paddock

Other titles

Melbourne from the Yarra

Date made

1914

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

aquatint and drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

19.9 x 32.5 cm (plate-mark)

Support

medium weight cream wove paper

Support size

27.1 x 39.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition of 25

Production notes

Other impressions of this print are dated 1912.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below image in black pencil, 'J.C.A. Traill, 1914' Not titled.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower left papers edge in black pencil, 'illegible number in circle'. Inscribed verso lower right in black pencil, '720'.

Subject description

Yarra River, Princes Bridge and Flinders Street Station, Melbourne viewed from Richmond with a dark and stormy sky above.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

70558

Accession number

80.895

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 7, 1979/80 (1980-05-13)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, May 1980.

Credit line

Purchased 1980

Country of context

Australia

Creators

TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013