Kookaburras

Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: Kookaburras | Date: 1922 | Technique: line-etching and drypoint, printed in black ink, 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

Kookaburras

Other titles

The snake yarn

Date made

1922

Place made

London, Greater London, England View on map Close map

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Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 50

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

line-etching and drypoint, printed in black ink, from one zinc plate

Matrix size

12.6 x 28.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 30

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The J.W.F. Stephen collection of Sydney Long etchings, acquired 1976.

Subject description

Native Australian fauna: kookaburra "talking to" four other kookaburras in tree.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

103072

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: Long, Sydney. | Title: Kookaburras | Date: 1922 | Technique: line-etching and drypoint, printed in 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 | 77.9.55

State

published state

Impression

17/30

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