The observatory

Primary Artist

Sydney Ure Smith (1887–1949)

Title

The observatory

Date made

1919

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed signature upper right within image, 'S.Ure S'.

Matrix size

9.8 x 10.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 25

Subject category

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

Subject description

The Sydney observatory, Dawes Point, Sydney.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

98051

Creators

URE SMITH, Sydney | (1887–1949) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.11

State

3rd state of 3; published state

Impression

9/25

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State

3rd state

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