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 warm black ink, from one zinc plate

Matrix size

35.9 x 25.2 cm (plate-mark)

Support

light-cream laid paper

Support size

41.2 x 30.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark indecipherable

State

published state

Impression

2/50

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. Not titled. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '2/50'

Subject description

Landscape of distant view through tall trees.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

82213

Accession number

71.55

Accession method

Bequest

Meeting

C.A.A.B. Meeting (1971-05-17)

Provenance

Bequest to the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.], from Aubrey Lewis Rosenthal, Wahroonga, NSW, May 1971.

Credit line

Bequest of A.L. Rosenthal in memory of his mother 1971.

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