Argyle cut, old Sydney.
Primary Artist
Alfred Coffey (1869–1950)
Title
Date made
1910
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
49.0 x 31.8 cm (image)
Support
cream laid Van Gelder paper
Support size
57.8 x 39.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: centre, 'VAN GELDER CONE'.
State
published state
Impression
27/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Alower rightd Coffey'. Not dated. Titled lower left corner below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Argyle Cut, Old Sydney'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '27/50'
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
39071
Accession number
76.722.7
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 4, 1976/77 (1976-10-12)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Thirty Victoria Street [gallery], Sydney, 12 October 1976, part of a group of 65 prints by various artists.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Coffey, Alfred. | (1869–1950) Australian | Irish | Male | artist