Testing the new turbine, Red Cliffs pumps, August 1922.
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Testing the new turbine, Red Cliffs pumps, August 1922.
Date made
1923
Place made
Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone and wiped highlights, from one plate
Matrix size
42.7 x 38.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
53.8 x 43.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
3/20
Edition information
edition of 20
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Jessie C.A. Traill 1923' Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Testing the new Turbine, Red Cliffs Pumps, August 1922'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '3/20'.
Subject description
Industrial scene of workers testing a turbine at the new Red Cliffs pumping station, Victoria.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
70559
Accession number
80.896
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 7, 1979/80 (1980-05-13)
Provenance
With the artist until her death in 1967. Estate of the artist Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from 'Jessie Traill', Melbourne: Important Women Artists, May 1977; From the exhibition, 'Jessie Trail (1881 - 1967), Melbourne: Important Wowen Artists, 11 June - 31 July 1977, cat. no., 62. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, May 1980.
Credit line
Purchased 1980
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Traill, Jessie. | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013