Lambing time
Title
Date made
1913
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, wiped highlights, from one plate
Support
thin cream wove paper subsequently adhered to thin brown wove paper on edges
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
10/20
Edition information
edition of 20
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'JCA Traill 1913.'. Titled and inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lambing Time'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '10/20'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso in black pencil, '918', '18 + 15'. Inscribed lower right along base in black pencil, '10 [within circle]'. Inscribed verso centre along base in black pencil 'frame + mt 18'.
Subject description
Rural landscape scene with sheep and their young feeding on grass with a group of trees silhouetted on the crest of a hill in the background.
IRN
184782
Accession number
2009.43
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 4, 2008/2009 (2009-02-24)
Provenance
At auction, 'Important Fine Art Auction', Melbourne: Deutscher and Hackett, 27 August 2008, lot 262. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Adam Galleries, Melbourne, February 2009.
Credit line
Supported with the generous assistance of Jason and Kristine Brown in memory of Isabella Catherine Brown, 2009
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938