The Spirit of the plains

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

The Spirit of the plains

Date made

1919

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 27; Paul (1928), 16

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in teal ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate

Matrix size

17.7 x 35.2 cm (image)

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Subject description

Pastoral scene of naked girl playing a pipe and leading a flock of cranes across a field. The moon rises behind her head.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

49238

Creators

LONG, Sydney | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 73.783

State

2nd state

Impression

undesignated impression

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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 77.9.22

State

published state

Impression

1/50

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