Title
The land of the lavender
1923
Artist
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Details
- Alternative title
- The watercress bed
- Place where the work was made
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London
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England
- Date
- 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 35.0 cm platemark; 36.4 x 46.4 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed l.r., pencil "Sydney Long ARE". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Miss B Kelly 1958
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 9867
- Copyright
- © Estate of Sydney Long. Courtesy Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
- Artist information
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Sydney Long
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Where the work was made
London
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Bibliography
Referenced in 5 publications
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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
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Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, The etchings of Sydney Long: the Richard King Collection, Goulburn, 1990, (illus.). cat.no. 42; titled 'The land of the lavender'; dated 1923; edition 44/60
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Anne Gray, Sydney Long: the spirit of the land, '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)'.
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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
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Anne Ryan, Australian etchings and engravings 1880s–1930s from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 2007, 37 (colour illus.). cat.no. 49
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