Kookaburra and young

Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: Kookaburra and young | Date: c.1919 | Technique: drypoint, printed in black ink with light plate-tone, 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

Kookaburra and young

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 19; Paul (1928), 32

Date made

1919 – c.1919

Place made

London, Greater London, England View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in black ink with light plate-tone, from one copper plate

Matrix size

12.0 x 18.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 20

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: adult kookaburra feeding young kookaburra.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

102998

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: Kookaburra and young | Date: c.1919 | Technique: drypoint, printed in black ink with light plate-tone, 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 | 77.9.18

State

published state

Impression

1/20

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