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An image of Building the Harbour Bridge VI: Nearly complete by Jessie Traill

Jessie Traill

(Australia 29 Jul 1881–15 May 1967)

Title
Building the Harbour Bridge VI: Nearly complete
Place of origin
SydneyNew South WalesAustralia
Year
1931
Media category
Print
Materials used
etching, foul biting, printed in brown ink with plate tone on cream wove paper
Edition
Unknown
Dimensions

37.7 x 14.7cm platemark; 45.5 x 22.4cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. beneath platemark, pencil "JCA Traill 1931".
Credit
Purchased 1975
Accession number
203.1975
Copyright
© Reproduced with permission
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (5)

Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), Australian etchings and engravings 1880s–1930s from the Gallery's collection, Domain, 2007, 49 (colour illus.). cat.no. 70

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.

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 114 (colour illus.), 302.

Metropolis 1999, 1999. Exhibition guide, brochure format.

Kay Vernon (Author), Harbour hymns, city songs: visions of Sydney from the collection, Sydney, 1990. cat.no. 39

Exhibition history (3)

Harbour hymns, city songs: visions of Sydney from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Jan 1990–11 Mar 1990.

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

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