The river from Blackfriars Bridge

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

The river from Blackfriars Bridge

Other titles

The Thames from Blackfriars Bridge, London

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 64; Paul (1928), 19

Date made

1925

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

line-etching, drypoint printed in black ink from one copper plate

Matrix size

18.8 x 31.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream laid paper

State

published state

Impression

1/30

Edition information

edition of 30

Subject description

Cityscape of fishing boats on River Thames, London, from Blackfriars Bridge looking west to Waterloo Bridge.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

46160

Accession number

86.1291

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 8, 1985/86 (1986-04-15)

Provenance

Collection of the artist and cataloguer of Sydney Long's etchings, Dorothy Ellsmore Paul. Gift of her nephew T S Paul to the NGA, 1986.

Credit line

Gift of T.S. Paul in memory of Dorothy Ellsmore Paul 1986

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

19 Mar 2013