Primary Artist

Jessie Traill (1881–1967)

Title

Les chiffonniers [the rag-pickers]

Other titles

The ragpickers

Date made

1951

Place made

Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate; pencil additions

Text printed from matrix

Printed with signature and date lower left within image, 'J C A Traill 1951.'

Matrix size

13.5 x 20.8 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition unknown

Subject category

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

Subject description

Urban scene of a rag-pickers' camp beside a fence with city buildings behind, France.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

91081

Creators

Traill, Jessie. | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025