The wooden ship

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

The wooden ship

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 52; Paul (1928), 64

Date made

1922

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Support

medium-weight smooth off-white wove paper

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state?

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition unkown?

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower left to lower centre of sheet in black pencil, 'CAT. No 64'. Inscribed verso upper centre to upper right in black pencil, '2 wide'.

Subject description

Wooden ship under construction on slipway, surrounded by wooden scaffoldiing.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

46103

Accession number

86.1278

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 8, 1985/86 (1986-04-15)

Provenance

Collection of the artist and cataloguer of Sydney Long's etchings, Dorothy Ellsmore Paul. Gift of her nephew T S Paul to the NGA, 1986.

Credit line

Gift of T.S. Paul in memory of Dorothy Ellsmore Paul 1986

Copyright

Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia

Country of context

Australia

Creators

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

Last Updated

19 Mar 2013