Russell Street - The Jail

Primary Artist

John Shirlow (1869–1936)

Title

Russell Street - The Jail

Other titles

The gaol

Date made

1901

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed signature and date lower left within plate-mark, 'J.S [within shield] 1901'.

Matrix size

17.8 x 12.0 cm (plate-mark)

Subject category

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

Subject description

Street scene of pedestrians outside Old Melbourne Jail, Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

42445

Creators

SHIRLOW, John | (1869–1936) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 76.1227.35

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 84.42.3

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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