Fantasy

Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: Fantasy | Date: 1919 | Technique: aquatint and etching, printed in blue 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

Fantasy

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 17; Paul (1928), 28

Date made

1919

Place made

London, Greater London, England View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

aquatint and etching, printed in blue ink, from one plate

Matrix size

27.8 x 40.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 30

Subject category

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

Subject description

Pastoral scene of women dancing by moonlight beside a lake with trees silhouetted against the sky.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

97952

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: Fantasy | Date: 1919 | Technique: aquatint and etching, printed in blue 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 | 83.1073

State

published state

Impression

2/30

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Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: Fantasy | Date: 1919 | Technique: aquatint and drypoint, printed in green ink with 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 | 77.9.20

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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Collection

Art Gallery of New South Wales

State

1st state

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