Primary Artist

Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)

Title

Greeting card: To wish you a happy Christmas and New Year, 1929

Date made

1929

Reference

Coppel (1995), ES not listed

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in colour, from multiple blocks

Text printed from matrix

Printed left top to bottom vertically, 'To WISH YOU A HAPPY'. Printed right top to bottom vertically,CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'.

Matrix size

4.3 x 4.2 cm (printed image (a))

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Grosvenor school linocuts

Subject description

Design featuring Santa Claus in sled pulled by two reindeer through the Southern hemisphere sky with Southern Cross constellation and pointers.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

87796

Creators

Spowers, Ethel. | (1890–1947) Australian | Female | artist