Chinese at a doorway

Artist: Shirlow, John. | Title: Chinese at a doorway | Date: 1922 | Technique: etching and aquatint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate
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Primary Artist

John Shirlow (1869–1936)

Title

Chinese at a doorway

Date made

1922

Place made

Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

printed text lower left, SHIRLOW 1922.'.
printed text lower right, 'CHINESE AT A DOORWAY'.

Matrix size

29.4 x 12.4 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 40

Subject category

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

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

2827

Creators

Shirlow, John. | (1869–1936) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

13 Sep 2026

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 94.1464

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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Collection

State Library of Victoria

State

published state

Impression

presentation proof

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