Old cottages, Princes Street
Primary Artist
Sydney Ure Smith (1887–1949)
Title
Date made
1920 – 1920, after
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
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