The wooden ship
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 52; Paul (1928), 64
Date made
1922
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Support
medium-weight smooth off-white wove paper
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state?
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unkown?
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
No inscriptions.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower left to lower centre of sheet in black pencil, 'CAT. No 64'. Inscribed verso upper centre to upper right in black pencil, '2 wide'.
Subject description
Wooden ship under construction on slipway, surrounded by wooden scaffoldiing.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
46103
Accession number
86.1278
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 8, 1985/86 (1986-04-15)
Provenance
Collection of the artist and cataloguer of Sydney Long's etchings, Dorothy Ellsmore Paul. Gift of her nephew T S Paul to the NGA, 1986.
Credit line
Gift of T.S. Paul in memory of Dorothy Ellsmore Paul 1986
Copyright
Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LONG, Sydney | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist