Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

Pan

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 10; Paul (1928), 12

Date made

1919

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

aquatint and etching, printed in brown/black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

27.8 x 41.5 cm (plate-mark)

Support

buff wove paper

Support size

33.2 x 45.6 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

18/30

Edition information

edition of 30

Subject description

Mythological scene of Pan playing pipe while naked maidens and satyrs dance beside a stream with silhouettes of trees in the background.

Collection

Art Gallery of New South Wales

IRN

Not Known

Accession number

DA 44.1969

Accession method

purchase

Provenance

Purchased by the Director Hal Missingham, from Geoff Gray aucton, 12 November 1969 ($300)

Credit line

Purchased 1969

Subject category

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

Country of context

Australia

Creators

LONG, Sydney | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist