Bookplate: E.L. Spowers
Primary Artist
Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ES not listed
Date made
1925 – c.1927
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
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