Charing Cross Bridge.

Primary Artist

Jessie Traill (1881–1967)

Title

Charing Cross Bridge.

Date made

1908

Place made

Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, etching and foul biting, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

27.6 x 19.1 cm (plate-mark)

Support

white laid paper

Support size

42.4 x 34.3 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark lower edge, 'O.W.P.&. A.C.L.'

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Not signed. Not dated. Not titled. Inscribed lower left at base of plate in black pencil, 'Printed by Brangwyn - J Traill's plate.'

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Inscribed lower left base of sheet in black pencil 'FB' [Frank Brangwyn].

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso lower centre in black pencil, '$40'. Inscribed verso lower right center in black pencil, '131'.

Subject description

Train crossing Charing Cross Bridge over the River Thames, London with industrial buildings in the background.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

32164

Accession number

77.216

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 10, 1976/77 (1977-05-31)

Provenance

With the artist until her death in 1967. Estate of the artist Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Important Women Artists, Melbourne, May 1977; From the exhibition, 'Jessie Trail (1881 - 1967), Important Women Artists, Melbourne 11 June - 31 July 1977, not listed.

Credit line

Purchased 1977

Subject category

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

Country of context

Australia

Creators

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

Brangwyn, Frank. | (1867–1956) English | Male | printer

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013