Washing day
Primary Artist
Sydney Ure Smith (1887–1949)
Title
Date made
1924
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
12.0 x 12.2 cm (printed image)
Support
paper
Support size
17.8 x 18.2 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
9/50
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. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'no 9/ 50 proof'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Washing Day'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, '3-3-0'.
Subject description
Domestic scene of woman washing clothes at back of house.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
59879
Accession number
79.1933
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 1, 1979/80 (1979-08-13)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Duvance Gallery, Melbourne, 1979.
Credit line
Purchased 1979
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
URE SMITH, Sydney | (1887–1949) Australian | English | Male | artist