Young Kookaburras

Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: Young Kookaburras | Date: 1925 | Technique: line-etching and drypoint, printed in dark brown ink, from one copper 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

Young Kookaburras

Date made

1925

Place made

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

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Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 66; Paul (1928), 65

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Matrix size

13.6 x 21.3 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: two young kookaburras on the ground.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

103094

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: Young Kookaburras | Date: 1925 | Technique: line-etching and drypoint, printed in dark brown ink, from one copper plate | Copyright: Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 77.9.66

State

published state

Impression

31/60

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