Bookplate: E.L. Spowers

Primary Artist

Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)

Title

Bookplate: E.L. Spowers

Reference

Coppel (1995), ES not listed

Date made

1925 – c.1927

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

7.8 x 6.3 cm (printed image)

Support

paper

Support size

9.7 x 7.4 cm (sheet)

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

no inscriptions

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

no inscriptions

Subject description

Book plate for the artist featuring a medieval knight in armour on a rearing pinto horse.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

78515

Accession number

84.129

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 3, 1984/85 (1984-09-11)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from the artist Ian Hanna, Melbourne, 1984. (Hanna had removed the bookplate from a book titled 'Kristin Lavransdatter' by Sigrid Undset.)

Credit line

Purchased 1984

Subject category

Australia, Printed ephemera: Bookplate (ex libris)

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Spowers, Ethel. | (1890–1947) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013