Building the Harbour Bridge VI: Nearly complete, June 1931.

Primary Artist

Jessie Traill (1881–1967)

Title

Building the Harbour Bridge VI: Nearly complete, June 1931.

Physical description

Another impression of same plate printed on verso

Source

Building the Harbour Bridge

Page or Plate number

no.6.

Date made

1931 – June 1931

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Matrix size

37.6 x 14.8 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

45.9 x 22.4 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

2/30

Edition information

edition of 30

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'JCA Traill 1931'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Building the Harbour Bridge VII June 1931'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '2/30'.

Subject description

Harbour scene of Sydney Harbour Bridge nearing completion.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

59746

Accession number

79.1888

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1979/80 (1979-08-13)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Thirty Victoria Street [gallery], Sydney, August 1979; Part of a group of 36 prints by various Australian artists.

Credit line

Purchased 1979

Subject category

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

Country of context

Australia

Creators

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

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013