The observatory

Primary Artist

Sydney Ure Smith (1887–1949)

Title

The observatory

Date made

1919

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Matrix size

9.8 x 10.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream laid paper

Support size

15.0 x 14.6 cm (sheet)

State

3rd state of 3; published state

Impression

9/25

Edition information

edition of 25

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Ure Smith'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The observatory'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'no.9/ 3rd state 25 Proofs'.

Subject description

The Sydney observatory, Dawes Point, Sydney.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

98051

Accession number

83.11

Accession method

Bequest

Meeting

Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)

Provenance

Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.

Credit line

Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.

Subject category

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

Country of context

Australia

Creators

URE SMITH, Sydney | (1887–1949) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013