Kookaburras
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Kookaburras
Other titles
The snake yarn
Date made
1922Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 50
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
line-etching and drypoint, printed in black ink, from one zinc plate
Matrix size
12.6 x 28.2 cm (plate-mark)
Edition information
edition of 30
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The J.W.F. Stephen collection of Sydney Long etchings, acquired 1976.
Subject description
Native Australian fauna: kookaburra "talking to" four other kookaburras in tree.
Country of context
Australia
Legacy id
103072
Creators
LONG, Sydney | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist
Impressions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia | 77.9.55
State
published state
Impression
17/30
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