Collection
Sydney Long
(Australia, England 20 Aug 1871–23 Jan 1955)
- Title
- The land of the lavender
- Alternative title:
- The watercress bed
- Place of origin
-
London →
England
- Year
- 1923
- Media category
- Materials used
- etching, foul bite, dark brown ink with plate tone on cream wove (cartridge) paper
- Edition
- Artist's proof
- Dimensions
-
26.2 x 35.0cm platemark; 36.4 x 46.4cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r., pencil "Sydney Long ARE". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Miss B Kelly 1958
- Accession number
- 9867
- Copyright
- © Estate of Sydney Long. Courtesy Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (5)
-
Sydney Long, The etched work of Sydney Long, A.R.E.: a complete catalogue of his etchings, Sydney, 1928, (illus.). cat.no. 50; titled 'The land of the lavender' (also known as 'The Watercress Bed'); dated 1923
Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, The etchings of Sydney Long: the Richard King Collection 1990, Goulburn, 1990, (illus.). cat.no. 42; titled 'The land of the lavender'; dated 1923; edition 44/60
Anne Gray, Sydney Long: the spirit of the land 2012, 'The land of the lavender (The watercress bed)', pg. 173, Canberra, 2012, 172, 173 (colour illus.). cat.no. 84; not AGNSW impression; titled 'The land of the lavender (The watercress bed)'.
Joanna Mendelssohn, The life and work of Sydney Long, Sydney, 1979, 164 (illus.), 257. cat.no. 57; titled 'The land of the lavender'; dated 1923; ANG edition 2/30
Anne Ryan, Australian etchings and engravings 1880s–1930s from the Gallery's collection 2007, Domain, 2007, 37 (colour illus.). cat.no. 49
