Possum time (hand-made envelope).
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Possum time (hand-made envelope).
Date made
1930
Place made
Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink, with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
14.2 x 16.6 cm (sheet (folded))
Support
thin cream wove paper folded into envelope
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
working state
Production notes
The artist has blocked out most of the image with a sheet of paper before printing. Only the bottom two centimetres has a printed image and even this has a small section blocked out so the inscription could be inserted. The sheet was then folded into an envelope so the image appeared on the top of the back with the inscription being the address of the sender.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Not signed. Not dated. Inscribed lower left within image in black brush and ink, ''Stronsa' / Bay Rd'. Inscribed verso centre in black ink pen, 'To Miss Ruth Hollic and Miss D Izard / Chartres House / 163 Collins St / Melbourne / C.I'.
Subject description
Decorative image of two small possums crouching on a tree-branch
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
181792
Accession number
2008.311.1.2
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 6, 2007/2008 (2008-06-25)
Provenance
Gift to Ruth Hollich, from Jesse Traill. Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Bridget McDonnell, Melbourne, June 2008.
Credit line
Gift of Bridget McDonnell, 2008
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist