Magpies feeding

Artist: b'LONG, Sydney' | Title: b'Magpies feeding' | Date: c.1919 | Technique: b'line-etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one zinc plate' | Copyright: b'Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia'
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Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

Magpies feeding

Date made

1917 – c.1919

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 1; Paul (1928), not listed

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

line-etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one zinc plate

Matrix size

20.6 x 30.8 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition of 5

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: two magpies feeding on the ground.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

102964

Creators

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

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013

Impressions

Artist: b'LONG, Sydney' | Title: b'Magpies feeding' | Date: c.1919 | Technique: b'line-etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one zinc plate' | Copyright: b'Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia'
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 77.9.1

State

published state

Impression

proof 1/5

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