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jessie traill in 1936 15 may 1967 emerald , victoria brighton , victoria , australia 150 etching , lithography 29 july 1881 file traill , brisbane , 1936.jpg : statelibqld 2 184183 melbourne artist miss jessie jessie traill
 jessie traill
jessie traill

jessie constance alicia traill -lrb- 29 july 1881 -- 15 may 1967 -rrb- was an australian print maker .
trained by frederick mccubbin at the national gallery of victoria art school , and by painter and printmaker frank brangwyn in london , traill worked in england and france in the period immediately preceding world war i .
during the war she served in hospitals with the voluntary aid detachment .
traill is best known for a series of prints created in the early 1930s depicting the construction of the sydney harbour bridge .
critic and art historian sasha grishin describes her as `` one of the great australian artists of the 20th century '' .
