Afraid of the dark.
Primary Artist
Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ESA/13
Date made
1927
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
16.1 x 15.1 cm (printed image)
Support
thin laid paper
Support size
21.4 x 20.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
16/20?
Edition information
edition of about 20
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'E.L. Spowers'. Not dated. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Afraid of the Dark' Inscribed lower left below image, '16-'.
Subject description
Nursery scene of a young girl in night-ware holding a candle.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
34394
Accession number
84.43
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1983/84 (1984-02-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Joshua McClelland Print Room, 1984.
Credit line
Purchased 1984
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Spowers, Ethel. | (1890–1947) Australian | Female | artist