The old mill

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

The old mill

Date made

1919

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 9; Paul (1928), 33

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

line-etching, sandgrain-etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

24.8 x 30.4 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state proposed edition of 60, only about 6 printed; 2nd state, plate reworked edition of 60 completed

Subject categories

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

Subject description

Old windmill, probably at Bledlow Ridge, Buckingham.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

102972

Creators

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

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 77.9.5

State

1st state of 2; published state

Impression

1/60

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Collection

Art Gallery of New South Wales | 5995

State

2nd state of 2

Impression

artist's proof

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Collection

Art Gallery of New South Wales | 9838

State

2nd state of 2

Impression

artist's proof

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Collection

Art Gallery of New South Wales | 9839

State

2nd state of 2

Impression

artist's proof

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