The home of the rooks

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

The home of the rooks

Date made

1918

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 24; Paul (1928), 30

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

line-etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate

Matrix size

30.0 x 22.5 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 50; plus 1st state proof

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The J.W.F. Stephen collection of Sydney Long etchings, acquired 1976.

Subject description

Tall trees and old house beside a waterway.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

103016

Creators

LONG, Sydney | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 77.9.27

State

1st state

Impression

proof

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