From overseas

Artist: Traill, Jessie. | Title: From overseas | Date: 1913 | Technique: etching and aquatint, printed in sepia ink, with plate-tone and wiped highlights, from one plate | Copyright: © Jessie Traill. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia, 2008.
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Primary Artist

Jessie Traill (1881–1967)

Title

From overseas

Date made

1913

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in sepia ink, with plate-tone and wiped highlights, from one plate

Matrix size

30.2 x 48.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 20

Subject category

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

Subject description

View of docks, possibly Melbourne. Numerous workers talking in groups with masts and rigging of ships are silhouetted against the sky.

Legacy id

166665

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: Traill, Jessie. | Title: From overseas | Date: 1913 | Technique: etching and aquatint, printed in sepia ink, with plate-tone and wiped highlights, from one plate | Copyright: © Jessie Traill. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia, 2008.
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 2007.401

State

published state

Impression

2/20

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