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An image of The Great Arch by Jessie Traill

Jessie Traill

(Australia 29 Jul 1881–15 May 1967)

Title
The Great Arch
Year
(circa 1932)
Media category
Print
Materials used
etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink on buff wove paper
Edition
4/30
Dimensions

27.8 x 24.9cm platemark; 44.6 x 37.3cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. beneath platemark, pencil [faint] "JCA Traill 193(1?)". Signed l.l. corner verso, pencil "... JCA Traill/ ...".
Credit
Gift of the Art Gallery Society Task Force 1991
Accession number
255.1991
Copyright
© Reproduced with permission
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (7)

'Years of enrichment: The society reaches another milestone' by Craig Bush, pg. 12-15., Look May 2009, May 2009, 14, 15 (colour illus.).

'Hands-on volunteers: the people the Gallery couldn't do without', pg. 10., Look Feb 2007, Feb 2007, 13 (colour illus.).

Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), Australian etchings and engravings 1880s–1930s from the Gallery's collection, Domain, 2007, 50 (colour illus.). cat.no. 71

Caroline Mackaness (Australia) (Author), Bridging Sydney, Sydney, 2006, 212 (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.

'Past and present: reflecting the diversity of Gallery's largest collection' by Anne Ryan, pg. 54-56., Look: 1953-2003 celebrating 50 years May 2003, May 2003, 56.

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.