Moonrise on the lake

Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: Moonrise on the lake | Date: 1929 | Technique: line-etching, soft-ground etching and aquatint, printed in blue ink with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
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Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

Moonrise on the lake

Date made

1929

Place made

Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

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Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 112

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

line-etching, soft-ground etching and aquatint, printed in blue ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

26.5 x 36.7 cm (image)

Edition information

edition of 60

Subject category

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

Subject description

Landscape of trees beside Lake Narrabeen with moon rising behind distant hills.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

37187

Creators

Long, Sydney. | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: Moonrise on the lake | Date: 1929 | Technique: line-etching, soft-ground etching and aquatint, printed in blue ink with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 75.97

State

published state

Impression

22/60

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Collection

Art Gallery of New South Wales

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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