Chinese at a doorway

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Primary Artist

John Shirlow (1869–1936)

Title

Chinese at a doorway

Date made

1922

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Matrix size

29.4 x 12.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove 'J. Whatman' paper

Support size

20.6 x 23.6 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark: left side, 'J.WHATMAN'.

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition of 40

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower left in plate, 'SHIRLOW 1922'. Inscribed in plate lower right 'CHINESE AT A DOORWAY'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower right in black pencil, '27'. Inscribed lower centre in black pencil, '1894 (illeg)'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

2827

Accession number

94.1464

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 3, 1994/95 (1994-12-14)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1994.

Credit line

Purchased 1994

Subject category

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

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Early proof lightly printed on reverse.

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013