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Title

Argyle Cut from the west

1916

Artist

Sydney Ure Smith

Australia

09 Jan 1887 – 11 Oct 1949

  • Details

    Date
    1916
    Media category
    Print
    Materials used
    etching, printed in black ink with pale plate tone on ivory laid paper
    Edition
    15/30
    Dimensions
    24.5 x 13.3 cm
    Signature & date

    Signed in plate to print l.l. corner, brown ink "S. Ure S.".
    Signed and dated l.r. corner beneath platemark, pencil "Sydney Ure Smith/ June 1916".

    Credit
    Gift of Sir Kenneth Street 1962
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    DA73.1962
    Copyright

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    Artist information
    Sydney Ure Smith

    Works in the collection

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  • About

    "Running from Harrington St. to Kent St., the Argyle Cut had a somewhat sinister air in the old days. It was started in 1843 and completed in 1858".

    Hal Missingham, 'The etchings of Sydney Ure Smith', Ure Smith Pty. Limited, Sydney, 1950

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 2 exhibitions

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 2 publications

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