Hole in the trees

Primary Artist

Jessie Traill (1881–1967)

Title

Hole in the trees

Date made

1918 – c.1920

Place made

Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink, from one zinc plate

Matrix size

29.8 x 49.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 10, c.1920; unknown number of posthumous proofs printed in May 1977 by Libby Hirsh

Subject category

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

Subject description

View of densely forested area with a small cleared area revealing the sky behind.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

31486

Creators

Traill, Jessie. | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 77.476

State

published state

Impression

printers proof

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