Possum time: Harfra at night.

Primary Artist

Jessie Traill (1881–1967)

Title

Possum time: Harfra at night.

Date made

1921

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

softground-etching with foul-biting, printed in brown ink with plate-tone and wiped highlights, from one plate

Matrix size

13.4 x 12.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thin smooth cream wove paper

Support size

22.7 x 17.6 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

16/?

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, ' J.C.A. Traill 1921'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Possum Time'. Inscribed lower left corner in black pencil, 'The Cottage at Harkaway'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '16'

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Incsribed verso lower left in black pencil, '863'.

Subject description

The artist's home, "Harfra", Harkaway, Victoria at night with possums on branch decorating base.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

70553

Accession number

80.893

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 7, 1979/80 (1980-05-13)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, May 1980.

Credit line

Purchased 1980

Subject category

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

Country of context

Australia

Creators

TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist