The Island of the Dead

Primary Artist

Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)

Title

The Island of the Dead

Reference

Coppel (1995), ES9

Date made

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 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

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013