Pastoral softground

Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: Pastoral softground | Date: 1918 | Technique: softground-etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one zinc plate | Copyright: Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
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Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

Pastoral softground

Other titles

Sofground Pastoral

Date made

1918

Place made

London, Greater London, England View on map Close map

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Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 26; Paul (1928), 20

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

softground-etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one zinc plate

Matrix size

35.9 x 25.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 50

Subject category

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

Subject description

Landscape of distant view through tall trees.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

97943

Creators

Long, Sydney. | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: Pastoral softground | Date: 1918 | Technique: softground-etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one zinc plate | Copyright: Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.107

State

published state

Impression

4/50

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Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: Pastoral softground | Date: 1918 | Technique: softground-etching, printed in warm black ink, from one zinc plate | Copyright: Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 77.9.24

State

published state

Impression

1/50?

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Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: Pastoral softground | Date: 1918 | Technique: softground-etching, printed in warm black ink, from one zinc plate | Copyright: Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 71.55

State

published state

Impression

2/50

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Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: Pastoral softground | Date: 1918 | Technique: softground etching, aquatint, printed in .... from one zinc plate | Copyright: Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 86.1279

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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