Primary Artist

Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)

Title

Bookplate: E.L. Spowers

Date made

1925 – c.1927

Reference

Coppel (1995), ES not listed

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block

Text printed from matrix

Printed signature centre on image, 'ELS [in monogram]'. Printed upper left to right within image, 'E-L-SPOWERS'.

Matrix size

7.8 x 6.3 cm (printed image)

Subject category

Australia, Printed ephemera: Bookplate (ex libris)

Subject description

Book plate for the artist featuring a medieval knight in armour on a rearing pinto horse.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

78515

Creators

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