Testing the new turbine, Red Cliffs pumps, August 1922.

Primary Artist

Jessie Traill (1881–1967)

Title

Testing the new turbine, Red Cliffs pumps, August 1922.

Date made

1923

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone and wiped highlights, from one plate

Matrix size

42.7 x 38.4 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 20

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Subject description

Industrial scene of workers testing a turbine at the new Red Cliffs pumping station, Victoria.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

70559

Creators

TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 80.896

State

published state

Impression

3/20

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Collection

Private collection

State

published state

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