William Francis Longstaff
, Australian, 1879-1953
Title
Immortal ShrineDatec.1928
MediumEtching with plate-tone
Dimensions
Plate: 17.5 x 17.5 cm
Sheet: 25.4 x 24.6 cm
Signedlower right (in pencil): W. Francis Longstaff
Credit LinePresented, Brian Lalor Print Collection, 2014
Object numberNGI.2014.82.1
DescriptionDuring World War I Longstaff served in Egypt in the Australian Imperial Force. He was wounded in 1917 but returned to active service as a war artist. In the 1920s he earned a reputation for his depictions of war memorials. These prints depict the Cenotaph in London erected in 1920 to commemorate those who died in World War I. Plate-tone is used skilfully to create night and day scenes from the same etched plate.Inscriptionlower left (in pencil): 21/100 B