Ploughing the hill, Berwick.
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1921
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
12.5 x 36.5 cm (sight)
Support
thin cream wove paper
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
22/30
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 1921'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Ploughing the Hill, Berwick'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '22/30'.
Subject description
A farmer and two horses ploughing the cleared land surrounding a tree covered hill in Berwick.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
149332
Accession number
2005.1074
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 3, 2005/2006 (2005-12-07)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Leonard Joel Pty Ltd, Melbourne, December 2005; from the auction, 'Spring Auction of Australian & International Paintings', Melbourne: Leonard Joel, 10 October 2005, lot 213.
Credit line
Purchased 2005
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist