The little wood
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1912
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in warm black ink, with wiped highlights, from one plate
Matrix size
35.0 x 25.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin off white wove paper subsequently adhered to think off white laid paper
Support size
41.2 x 30.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
2/20
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 1912'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Little Wood' Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No. 2 limit 20'
Subject description
Scene of heavily wooded area with patches of daylight showing through trees in the distance. Five thick trunks and small white wildflowers occupy the foreground.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
25080
Accession number
2000.307
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 1, 2000/2001 (2000-08-30)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, August 2000.
Credit line
Purchased 2000
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist