Merchant seaman. Number 3
Primary Artist
Fred Williams (1927–1982)
Title
Reference
Mollison (1968), 84, iv/v
Date made
1955 – 1955-56
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, aquatint, engraving, rough biting, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
14.8 x 11.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
white wove Kent paper
Support size
18.6 x 14.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: indecipherable
State
4th state of 5, published state
Impression
7/12
Edition information
edition of 12
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Fred Williams'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '7-12'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso lower left in black pencil, 'JM 84 iv/v'.
Subject description
Portrait of a merchant seaman.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
91314
Accession number
83.1293
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Gift of James Mollison to the NGA, May 1983.
Credit line
Gift of James Mollison 1983.
Copyright
© Fred Williams Estate
Country of context
Australia
Creators
WILLIAMS, Fred | (1927–1982) Australian | Male | artist