Primary Artist

Jessie Traill (1881–1967)

Title

Possum time (hand-made envelope).

Date made

1930

Category

Print

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))

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.

Subject category

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

Subject description

Decorative image of two small possums crouching on a tree-branch

Legacy id

181792

Creators

TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist