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An image of Building the Harbour Bridge III, the granite workers, April 1929 by Jessie Traill

Jessie Traill

(Australia 29 Jul 1881–15 May 1967)

Title
Building the Harbour Bridge III, the granite workers, April 1929
Place of origin
SydneyNew South WalesAustralia
Year
1929
Media category
Print
Materials used
etching, foul bite, printed in brown ink with plate tone on cream wove paper
Edition
4/30
Dimensions

30.4 x 23.9cm platemark; 45.7 x 29.3cm sheet (irreg.)

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. beneath platemark, pencil "JCA Traill 1929".
Credit
Purchased 1975
Accession number
200.1975
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, 48 (colour illus.). cat.no. 68

Caroline Mackaness (Australia) (Author), Bridging Sydney, Sydney, 2006, 168 (colour illus.).

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.

Metropolis 1999, 1999. Exhibition guide, brochure format.

Exhibition history (2)

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

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