The camp in the forest

Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: The camp in the forest | Date: 1920 | Technique: softground-etching, printed in warm black ink, 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

The camp in the forest

Date made

1920

Place made

London, Greater London, England View on map Close map

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Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 37; Paul (1928), 52

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

softground-etching, printed in warm black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

37.6 x 27.3 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state edition unknown; 2nd state edition of 30

Subject categories

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

Subject description

Rural scene of rough hut amongst trees beside a body of water.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

103046

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: The camp in the forest | Date: 1920 | Technique: softground-etching, printed in warm black ink, 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 | 77.9.42

State

1st state of 2; before the plate was trimmed at bottom

Impression

undesignated impression

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