Primary Artist

Jessie Traill (1881–1967)

Title

L'homme qui boit [the man who drinks]

Date made

1914

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

23.7 x 19.7 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream laid 'Old Gothia' paper

Support size

42.5 x 33.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark centre vertical, 'Old Gothia'.

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition of 20

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'J.C.A. Traill, 1914'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'L'homme qui boit 2 [within circle]'. Inscribed with partial mounting measurements on verso lower centre base in pencil, [illegible].

Subject description

Scene of rural windswept landscape scene with man drinking under a tree beside donkeys or horses, possibly in France.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

42449

Accession number

76.1227.37

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1976/77 (1976-12-14)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Thirty Victoria Street [gallery], Sydney, December 1976: As part of a group of 39 prints by various Australian and non-Australian artists.

Credit line

Purchased 1976

Subject category

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

Country of context

Australia

Creators

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