Station Square [1]

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

Station Square [1]

Date made

1927

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 78; Paul (1928), 9

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

line-etching, drypoint printed in brown ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

22.4 x 28.7 cm (image)

Edition information

edition of 60

Production notes

NGA 86.1293, study for 'Station Square', pencil, Gift of T.S. Paul in memory of Dorothy Ellsmore Paul 1986

Subject categories

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

Subject description

Cityscape of people and trams on a wet day at Railway Square, Sydney with clocktower of Central Station dominating the skyline.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

103130

Creators

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

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 77.9.84

State

published state

Impression

2/60

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