Pastoral softground
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
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
Category
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