From overseas
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1913
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in sepia ink, with plate-tone and wiped highlights, from one plate
Matrix size
30.2 x 48.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
medium weight cream wove paper
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 image, in black pencil, 'J C A Traill 1913'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'From overseas'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Limit 20 - No 2'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed upper right papers edge in black pencil, '495 X315'.
Subject description
View of docks, possibly Melbourne. Numerous workers talking in groups with masts and rigging of ships are silhouetted against the sky.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
166665
Accession number
2007.401
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 1, 2007/2008 (2007-08-28)
Provenance
At auction, 'Australian and International Fine Art', Sydney: Deutscher-Menzies, 6 December 2006, lot 224. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, August 2007; From the catalogue, 'International & Australian works on paper: Collectors list 123', Sydney: Josef Lebovic Gallery, 2007, cat. no., 150, (illustrated).
Credit line
Purchased 2007
Copyright
© Jessie Traill. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia, 2008.
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist