The Spirit of the plains

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

The Spirit of the plains

Date made

1919

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 27; Paul (1928), 16

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

aquatint and drypoint, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

17.7 x 35.3 cm (printed image)

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The J.W.F. Stephen collection of Sydney Long etchings, acquired 1976.

Subject description

Mythological scene of figure playing flute with moon rising behind head, leading cranes across a field.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

103018

Creators

LONG, Sydney | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 77.9.28

Impression

undesignated impression

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