The Tower House
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Other titles
An Australian home
Date made
1909
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, drypoint and foul biting, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
24.6 x 17.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove 'J. Whatman' paper
Support size
43.8 x 28.9 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: 'J WHATMAN'.
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'J.C.A. Traill/1909'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Tower House.'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso upper left in black pencil, '053/Canb. N. Gallery 500 Roger Butler'.
Subject description
Stone steps leading to house with tower.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
34402
Accession number
84.51
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1983/84 (1984-02-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Goldern Age Gallery, Ballarat, VIC, February 1984.
Credit line
Purchased 1984
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist