Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

Magpies

Other titles

The early bird

Date made

1920

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 38; Paul (1928), 7

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

line-etching and drypoint, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

13.4 x 29.8 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition unknown

Subject categories

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

Subject description

Native Australian fauna: flock of magpies feeding on the ground.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

103044

Creators

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

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013