Drawings, Oils, Prints & Watercolours
Please contact us if you would like or have further information regarding the works listed.
1920
Ethel Spowers
A Lady in White (circa 1920)
oil
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Balloons (circa 1920)
pen, brush and ink on paper on card, 26.4 x 20 cm
Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, gift of Chris Montgomery 1993 | NGA 1993.576
Image: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, gift of Chris Montgomery 1993 | NGA 1993.576
Ethel Spowers
Chorus (circa 1920)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Columbine and Harlequin (circa 1920)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Conrad and the Goose Girl (circa 1920)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Cradle Song (circa 1920)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Decorative Panel, The Bridge (circa 1920)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Echo (circa 1920)
watercolour and/or Indian ink wash
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Eldorado (circa 1920)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Falling Leaf (circa 1920)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Father Stork (circa 1920)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Grannie (circa 1920)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Illustration to Isabella and the Pot of Basil [1] (circa 1920)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Illustration to Isabella and the Pot of Basil [2] (circa 1920)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Illustration to the Frog Prince [1] (circa 1920)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
In The Wood (circa 1920)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
(Children in the Woods (Rumpelstiltskin)) (circa 1920)
pen and ink, 22.5 x 26 cm
[Possibly In the Wood (circa 1920)]
Location: Unknown, last recorded 1994
Ethel Spowers
Mask and Domino (circa 1920)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Minuet 1920
alternative title: (The Fairy Dance)
watercolour on paper, 20 x 20.6 cm
Location: Private Collection
Image: Courtesy Rare Illustrated Books, Sydney
Ethel Spowers
Mothers (circa 1920)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Poster Design [1] (circa 1920)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
No offset impression of watercolour traced
Ethel Spowers
Study (circa 1920)
oil
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Swallows 1920
watercolour on paper, 28.5 x 25 cm
Location: Unknown, last sighted 1993
Image: sourced from Deutscher Fine Art catalogue 1993
Ethel Spowers
The Beautiful Parrot (circa 1920)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Book (circa 1920)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Bucking Horse (circa 1920)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Chain of Flowers (circa 1920)
watercolour and/or Indian wash
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Cottage in the Wood (circa 1920)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Dancer (circa 1920)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Gypsy Camp (circa 1920)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Mill, Warrandyte (circa 1920)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Model (circa 1920)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Mouse who tried to be a Fairy (circa 1920)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Old King (circa 1920)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Peacock (circa 1920)
watercolour
[possibly the work (I shot a peacock dancing by a pomegranate tree, and the kingdoms of the sun are forever lost to me) 1918]
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Princess and the Duck (circa 1920)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Rendezvous (circa 1920)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Sorceress (circa 1920)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Truant (circa 1920)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Vase (circa 1920)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Wonder Bird (circa 1920)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Tom and Maggie Tulliver (circa 1920)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
1922
Ethel Spowers
The Chapel, Amboise 1922
watercolour, pen and ink over pencil on paper, 28.8 × 19.6 cm
Location:
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Gail Taylor through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2023
Ethel Spowers
(The Spire) 1922
[see The Chapel, Amboise 1922]
watercolour, 28 x 19 cm
Ethel Spowers
To Wish you a Happy Christmas and New Year 1922
colour linocut greeting card, 4.3 x 4.2 cm printed image, edition size unknown
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1982 | NGA 1982.1780
1923
Ethel Spowers
Val de Grace, Paris 1923
colour woodcut, 10.0 x 8.1 cm, edition of 20 (Coppel ES A/1)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Bonhams
1924
Ethel Spowers
Cinderella (circa 1924)
probably watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Durham Cathedral (circa 1924)
colour woodcut, 16.2 x 19.7 cm, edition of 20 (Coppel ES A/3)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1980 | NGA 1980.935
Ethel Spowers
Going up with Music (circa 1924-1928)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Melbourne from the River (circa 1924)
colour woodcut, 19.2 x 27.7 cm, edition of 20 (Coppel ES A/7)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Deutscher and Hackett
Ethel Spowers
Parrots (circa 1924)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Bee 1924
colour woodcut, 11.2 x 13.8 cm, edition of 20 (Coppel ES 1)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Menzies
Ethel Spowers
The Mouse at the Tailor’s (circa 1924)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Toy Bird (circa 1924)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Washing Day in France (circa 1924)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
1925
Ethel Spowers
(Six) Illustrations to Cinderella (circa 1925)
• Title Page (Cinderella)
• The Fairy Godmother
• Cinderella Arrives
• Five Past Twelve
• The Slipper Fits
• The Return to the Palace
woodcut, edition of 50, (Coppel ES A/12)
No impressions traced
Ethel Spowers
Amboise Castle (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Bathers (circa 1925)
watercolour
[This work may possibly be a work published as First In (circa 1925)]
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Butterflies (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Castle Gateway, Amboise (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Chaumont (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Cinderella (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Collins Street at Night (circa 1925)
colour woodcut, edition of 20 (Coppel ES A/9)
Note: Coppel recorded Collins Street at Night (ES A/9) and Collins Street (ES A/10) as two separate prints, however there is a small amount of evidence to suggest that both titles could be the same print.
No impression traced
Ethel Spowers
Collins Street on Sunday (circa 1925)
colour woodcut, edition of 20 (Coppel ES A/8)
No impression traced
Ethel Spowers
Durham Cathedral (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Possibly identified in 2022, awaiting verification
Ethel Spowers
Elvet Bridge, Durham (circa 1925)
colour woodcut, 16.4 x 16.4 cm, edition of 20 (Coppel ES A/6)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: visit
Ethel Spowers
First In (circa 1925)
watercolour
[This work may possibly be a work exhibited as Bathers (circa 1925)]
Location: Unknown
Image: Reproduced from Woman’s World 1927
Ethel Spowers
Houses on Elvet Bridge (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Illustration to the Frog Prince [2] 1925
watercolour, 19 x 21 cm
Location: Private Collection, Victoria
Ethel Spowers
Notre Dame, Paris (circa 1925)
woodcut, edition of 40 (note a 1926 catalogue cites 44 available) (Coppel ES A/2)
No impression traced
Ethel Spowers
Nursery Rhyme [Mary Mary Quite Contrary…] 1925
watercolour and gouache on paper, 30.5 x 30.5 cm
Location: Private Collection
Image: Courtesy of Bonhams
Ethel Spowers
Nursery Rhyme [Sleep Baby Sleep…] 1925
watercolour, pen and ink on paper, 27.5 x 22.0 cm
Location: Private Collection
Image: John Keats
Ethel Spowers
Overtures 1925
Alternative title: The Dovecot
Alternative title: The Pigeon Loft
watercolor, gouache, and ink on paper, 24.2 x 20.3 cm
Location: Private Collection
Image: © Christie’s Inc
Ethel Spowers
Peacock Pie (circa 1925)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Pierrot and Pierette 1925
watercolour and gouache on paper, 18.6 x 20.4 cm
Collection: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, gift of Andrée Harkness through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2019 | NGV 2019.588
Image: Courtesy of Menzies
Ethel Spowers
Poster Design [2] (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
No offset impression of watercolour traced
Ethel Spowers
Poster – The Aquarium (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
No offset impression of watercolour traced
Ethel Spowers
Poster Design (Marie Janette and Co.) (circa 1925)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
No offset impression of watercolour traced
Ethel Spowers
Snails (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Song Bird (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Bridge, Gisborne (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Broken Shutter (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Macaw (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Private Collection
Ethel Spowers
The Maid was in the Garden (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Nymph and Faun (circa 1925)
woodcut, edition of 40 or 50 (Coppel ES A/11)
No impression traced
Ethel Spowers
The Ogre (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Old Town Bridge (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Pedlers (circa 1925)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Return from the Party 1925
Alternative title: Fairy Story
watercolor, gouache, and ink on paper, 19.7 x 29.2 cm
Location: Private Collection
Image: © Christie’s Inc
Ethel Spowers
The Staircase Window [1] (circa 1925)
woodcut, 15.3 x 9.2 cm, edition of 40 (possibly 50) (Coppel ES A/4)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Gift of Mrs Eric Quirk 1975 | AGNSW 252.1975
Ethel Spowers
The Staircase Window [2] (circa 1925)
hand-coloured woodcut, 15.1 x 9.1 cm, edition of 20 (Coppel ES A/5)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Leonard Joel
Ethel Spowers
The Town Gate, Amboise (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Wedding (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Truants (circa 1925)
pen and ink
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
White Parrots (circa 1925)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
1926
Ethel Spowers
E.L. Spowers [bookplate] (circa 1926)
woodcut, 7.8 x 6.3 cm
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1984 | NGA 1984.1290
Ethel Spowers
Biddy [Bookplate] (circa 1926)
woodcut
Impressions held in private collections
Ethel Spowers
(Bookplate – Everyman’s Library) (circa 1926)
woodcut
Impressions held in private collections
Image: Courtesy of Leonard Joel
Ethel Spowers
(Bookplate – F. Ellison Spowers) (circa 1926)
woodcut
Impressions held in private collections
Ethel Spowers
A Fairy Wedding (circa 1926)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
A Happy New Year (circa 1926)
colour linocut, 7.9 x 10.1 cm (printed image)
Location: Impressions held in private collections
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, gift of Frances Derham 1982 | NGA 1982.1035
Ethel Spowers
Entr’acte (circa 1926)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Little Red Riding Hood (circa 1926)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Mushrooms (circa 1926)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Overtures 1926
colour linocut, 17.0 x 16.4 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 2)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra | NGA 1946.38
Ethel Spowers
Painters (circa 1926)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
(Parade) 1926
watercolour and pencil on paper, 10 x 22 cm
Location: Unknown, last recorded 2013
Image: Courtesy of Bonhams
Ethel Spowers
Poster Design [3] (circa 1926)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Princes Bridge (circa 1926)
colour linocut, 10.0 x 8.1 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 7)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1976 | NGA 1976.125
Ethel Spowers
Simple Simon (circa 1926)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Temptation (circa 1926)
watercolour, 24 x 13 cm
Location: Private Collection
Ethel Spowers
The Bamboo Blind 1926
colour linocut, 15.5 x 15.2 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 4)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Deutscher and Hackett
Ethel Spowers
The Blue Bird (circa 1926)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Bowl of Goldfish (circa 1926)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Cobweb Cloak (circa 1926)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Deserted Jetty (circa 1926)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The End of The Dance (circa 1926)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Fairy Cloak 1926
watercolour on paper paper, 21 x 25.5 cm
This work was possibly exhibited as Witches Wood in Brisbane
Location: Private Collection
Image: Courtesy of Bonhams
Ethel Spowers
The Green Bridge 1926
colour linocut, 19.2 x 26.2 cm, edition approximately 30 (Coppel ES 5)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Menzies
Ethel Spowers
The Joy Ride 1926
Alternative title: Pegasus and the Fairies
pen and ink, 25 x 28 cm
Location: Private Collection
Ethel Spowers
The Lost Balloons (circa 1926)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Image: The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 1926
Ethel Spowers
The Noisy Parrot 1926
colour linocut, 24.7 x 21.8 cm, edition approximately 20 (Coppel ES 3)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 2015 | NGA 2015.563
Ethel Spowers
The Noisy Parrot (circa 1926)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Nut Tree (circa 1926)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Rocking Horse 1926
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Image: Reproduced from The Sydney Morning Herald, 1926
Ethel Spowers
The Timber Crane 1926
colour linocut, 19.0 x 23.6 cm, edition approximately 30 (Coppel ES 6)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Bonhams
Ethel Spowers
Witches’ Wood (circa 1926)
watercolour
[This work is possibly The Fairy Cloak]
Collection: Unknown
1927
Ethel Spowers
Afraid of the Dark 1927
woodcut, 16.1 x 15.1 cm, edition approximately 20 (Coppel ES A/13)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1984 | NGA 1984.43
Ethel Spowers
Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria: Annual Exhibition 1927 1927
poster
Location of impressions is presently unknown through a recorded sighting exists from approximately the 1980s
Ethel Spowers
Battledore and Shuttlecock 1927
watercolour, 31 x 27.7 cm
Location: Private Collection
image: courtesy of private collection
Ethel Spowers
Bird Song (circa 1927)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Fairy Fruit (circa 1927)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Fairy Tale (circa 1927)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Gardening (circa 1927)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Hansel and Gretel 1927
woodcut, 14.6 x 18.2 cm, edition approximately 20 (Coppel ES A/14)
Impressions held in private collections
Ethel Spowers
Hop o’ My Thumb and the Birds (circa 1927)
watercolour
Location: unknown
Ethel Spowers
King Edward’s Statue (circa 1927)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Kites 1927
watercolour, 26 x 29.5 cm
Location: Private Collection
Image: Courtesy of Gibsons
Ethel Spowers
Mary had a little Lamb 1927
watercolour on paper, 25.5 x 30 cm
Location: Unknown, last recorded 2004
Image: Courtesy of Sotheby’s
Ethel Spowers
Nursery Rhyme 1927
colour linocut, 21.7 x 22.8 cm, edition size unknown up to 6 impressions were made (Coppel ES 10)
Impressions held in private collections
Image: Courtesy of Day Gallery
Ethel Spowers
Ride a Cock-Horse (circa 1927)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Spring Morning (circa 1927)
linocut
No impression traced
Ethel Spowers
The Enchanted Birds 1927
watercolour and pencil on paper, 23 x 31 cm
Location: Private Collection
Image: Courtesy of Deutscher and Hackett
Ethel Spowers
The Ferry Jetty (circa 1927)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Giant-Stride 1927
watercolour, 27.4 x 36.2 cm
Location unknown, last recorded 1996
Image: Courtesy of Christie’s
Ethel Spowers
The Green Lantern (circa 1927)
colour linocut, 14.2 x 10.4 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 8)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1976 | NGA 1976.126
Ethel Spowers
The Guard House, Port Arthur 1927
watercolour, 26.5 x 31 cm
Location: Unknown, last recorded 2004
Image: Courtesy of Leonard Joel
Ethel Spowers
The Island of the Dead 1927
colour linocut, 18.6 x 24.7 cm, edition size unknown (Coppel ES 9)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Bonhams
Ethel Spowers
The Island of the Dead, Tasmania (circa 1927)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Japanese Umbrella (circa 1927)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Land Mark (circa 1927)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Lobster Pot (circa 1927)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
The Rocking Horse 1927
colour linocut, 20 x 22 cm, edition unknown up to 6 impressions made (Coppel ES 11)
Impressions held in private collections
Image: Courtesy of Leonard Joel
Ethel Spowers
The Three Swans (circa 1927)
pen and ink
Collection: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Three Trees (circa 1927)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Trees in the Rain (circa 1927)
watercolour
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Up the Pine Tree 1927
watercolour on paper, 27.5 x 26.0 cm
Location: Private Collection
Image: Courtesy of Deutscher and Hackett
1928
Ethel Spowers
The Plough 1928
colour linocut, 17.3 x 26.6 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 13)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Bonhams
1929
Ethel Spowers
(Children on a Horse) (circa 1929)
woodcut, 13 x 9.5 cm, edition size unknown
Impressions held in private collections
Ethel Spowers
Still Life 1929
wood-engraving, 10.3 x 12.7 cm, edition of 20 (Coppel ES A/16)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy Art Gallery of New South Wales, Gift of Mrs Eric Quirk 1975 | AGNSW 254.1975
Ethel Spowers
The Plough 1929
wood-engraving, 10.1 x 15.8 cm, edition of 20 (Coppel ES A/15)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy Art Gallery of New South Wales, purchased 1976 | AGNSW 143.1976
Ethel Spowers
Untitled (chalk drawing) (circa 1929-1947)
chalk
Location: Unknown
Ethel Spowers
Wet Afternoon 1929-1930
colour linocut, 24.3 x 20.4 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 14)
Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy Deutscher and Hackett
Please contact us if you would like or have further information regarding the works listed.
© John G. Keats
Ethel Spowers 1890-1947 