Afraid of the dark.

Primary Artist

Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)

Title

Afraid of the dark.

Reference

Coppel (1995), ESA/13

Date made

1927

Place made

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

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Category

Print

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

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013