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An image of Building the Harbour Bridge II, the works north side Nov.1927 by Jessie Traill

Jessie Traill

(Australia 29 Jul 1881–15 May 1967)

Title
Building the Harbour Bridge II, the works north side Nov.1927
Other titles:
Building the Harbour Bridge No. II
Place of origin
SydneyNew South WalesAustralia
Year
1928
Media category
Print
Materials used
etching, foul bite, printed in brown ink with plate tone on cream wove
Edition
1/30
Dimensions

30.1 x 25.5cm platemark; 45.7 x 32.4cm sheet (irreg.)

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. beneath platemark, pencil "JCA Traill. 1928".
Credit
Purchased 1975
Accession number
199.1975
Copyright
© Reproduced with permission
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), Australian etchings and engravings 1880s–1930s from the Gallery's collection, Domain, 2007, 47 (colour illus.). cat.no. 66

John Slater (England) (Author), Through artists' eyes: Australian suburbs and their cities 1919-1945, Melbourne, 2004, 59-60, 63, 74. Overall discussion of Traill's 'Bridge' etchings.

Jane Hylton (b.1950) (Author), Modern Australian women: paintings & prints 1925-1945, Adelaide, 2000, 27 (illus.), 127. titled 'Building the Harbour Bridge No. II'; Collection of Art Gallery of South Australia

Metropolis 1999, 1999. Exhibition guide, brochure format.

Exhibition history (3)

Review - works by women from the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 08 Mar 1995–04 Jun 1995.

Metropolis, Museum of Sydney, 18 Dec 1999–02 Apr 2000.

Bridging Sydney, Museum of Sydney, 16 Dec 2006–29 Apr 2007.