The roost

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

The roost

Other titles

Berowra

Date made

1927

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 76; Paul (1928), 79

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Matrix size

25.0 x 20.0 cm (image)

Edition information

edition of 60

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: three kookaburras.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

103116

Creators

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

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 77.9.77

State

published state

Impression

21/60

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