Possum time: Harfra at night.

Primary Artist

Jessie Traill (1881–1967)

Title

Possum time: Harfra at night.

Date made

1921

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

softground-etching with foul-biting, printed in brown ink with plate-tone and wiped highlights, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within plate-mark, 'HARFRA / AT / NIGHT'.

Matrix size

13.4 x 12.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Subject description

The artist's home, "Harfra", Harkaway, Victoria at night with possums on branch decorating base.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

70553

Creators

TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 80.893

State

published state

Impression

16/?

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Collection

Art Gallery of New South Wales | 336.1977

State

published state

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Collection

Private collection

State

published state

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