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
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne 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