Old cottages, Princes Street

Primary Artist

Sydney Ure Smith (1887–1949)

Title

Old cottages, Princes Street

Date made

1920 – 1920, after

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

13.7 x 17.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

laid paper

Support size

28.2 x 33.4 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

12/50

Edition information

edition of 50

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Ure Smith'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'old cottages, Princes Street'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No.12/ 50 Proof'.

Subject description

Street scene of old houses, Princes Street, The Rocks, Sydney.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

48332

Accession number

46.33

Accession method

Purchase

Provenance

Purchased by the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), by 1946 ( £4.11.9.)

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