Testing the new turbine, Red Cliffs pumps, August 1922.

Primary Artist

Jessie Traill (1881–1967)

Title

Testing the new turbine, Red Cliffs pumps, August 1922.

Date made

1923

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne 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 and wiped highlights, from one plate

Matrix size

42.7 x 38.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

53.8 x 43.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

3/20

Edition information

edition of 20

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Jessie C.A. Traill 1923' Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Testing the new Turbine, Red Cliffs Pumps, August 1922'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '3/20'.

Subject description

Industrial scene of workers testing a turbine at the new Red Cliffs pumping station, Victoria.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

70559

Accession number

80.896

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 7, 1979/80 (1980-05-13)

Provenance

With the artist until her death in 1967. Estate of the artist Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from 'Jessie Traill', Melbourne: Important Women Artists, May 1977; From the exhibition, 'Jessie Trail (1881 - 1967), Melbourne: Important Wowen Artists, 11 June - 31 July 1977, cat. no., 62. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, May 1980.

Credit line

Purchased 1980

Subject category

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

Country of context

Australia

Creators

TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013