Ploughing the hill, Berwick.
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1921
Place made
Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
12.5 x 36.5 cm (sight)
Support
thin cream wove paper
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
22/30
Edition information
edition of 30
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'JCA Traill 1921'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Ploughing the Hill, Berwick'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '22/30'.
Subject description
A farmer and two horses ploughing the cleared land surrounding a tree covered hill in Berwick.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
149332
Accession number
2005.1074
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 3, 2005/2006 (2005-12-07)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Leonard Joel Pty Ltd, Melbourne, December 2005; from the auction, 'Spring Auction of Australian & International Paintings', Melbourne: Leonard Joel, 10 October 2005, lot 213.
Credit line
Purchased 2005
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Creators
Traill, Jessie. | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013