Bookplate: E.L. Spowers
Primary Artist
Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ES not listed
Date made
about 1927
Place made
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map
Category
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)
Support
paper
Support size
9.7 x 7.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
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
Last Updated
04 Aug 2025