Shell Cove, Sydney Harbour
Primary Artist
Sydney Ure Smith (1887–1949)
Title
Date made
1917
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in warm black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
16.9 x 33.7 cm (plate-mark)
Support
paper
State
published state
Impression
14/30
Edition information
edition of 30
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sidney Ure Smith'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Shell Cove - Sydney Harbour'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 14/ Proofs'.
Subject description
Harbour scene of sailing boat on slip at Shell Cove, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
45457
Accession number
65.138
Accession method
Bequest
Provenance
The Oscar Paul Collection. Bequest to the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), from Mrs Henriette von Dallwitz legatee of Richard Paul after reinbursement to estate, to fulfill Richard Paul's intentions to honour his father, May 1965.
Credit line
The Oscar Paul Collection, Gift of Henriette von Dallwitz and of Richard Paul in honour of his father 1965.
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
URE SMITH, Sydney | (1887–1949) Australian | English | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013