The Island of the Dead
Primary Artist
Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ES9
Date made
1927
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour in the Japanese manner, from seven blocks
Matrix size
19.0 x 24.8 cm (printed image)
Support
thin cream laid paper
Support size
21.6 x 27.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
5/?
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'E.L. Spowers - 1927'. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'The Island of the Dead' Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'no 5-'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
no inscriptions
Subject description
Landscape of the island housing the cemetery of the Port Arthur penal colony, Tasmania.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
6861
Accession number
95.924
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 3, 1995/96 (1995-12-13)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Lassetters Gallery, Canberra, 1995.
Credit line
Purchased 1995
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Japanese influence 1890s-1950s | Australia, Art style: Grosvenor school linocuts
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Spowers, Ethel. | (1890–1947) Australian | Female | artist