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C1932
Ex Libris The Shakespeare Society of N.S.Wales.
Artist:
David Henry Souter (1862 - 1935)
The Shakespeare Society of N.S.Wales bookplate made by David Henry Souter. Provenance: From the personal collection of the Sydney artist, Ella Dwyer who was a foundation member of the Australian Bookplate Club in 1932.
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Full Title:
Ex Libris The Shakespeare Society of N.S.Wales.
Date:
C1932
Artist:
David Henry Souter (1862 - 1935)
Condition:
Overall spotting.
Technique:
Woodblock.
Image Size:
74mm
x 120mm
Paper Size:
96mm
x 140mm
AUTHENTICITY
Guaranteed Vintage Item
dated:
1932
Description:
The Shakespeare Society of N.S.Wales bookplate made by David Henry Souter.
Provenance: From the personal collection of the Sydney artist, Ella Dwyer who was a foundation member of the Australian Bookplate Club in 1932.
Biography:
David Henry Souter (1862-1935)
Souter was a cartoonist, painter and art editor. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, he trained as a painter and decorator and then as an artist. After working as a newspaper illustrator in Scotland and South Africa he arrived in Melbourne in 1885, moving permanently to Sydney in 1897. Soon after, he founded the Brush Club, and was associated in the ensuing years with the first Council of the Society of Artists. His first cartoon for the Bulletin appeared in February 1895; the sinuous black and white cat that was to become his hallmark first appeared in a cartoon in July of that year. Over the next forty years he produced cartoons in style that might loosely be described as art nouveau, typically depicting prosperous urban couples bantering about sex and money, with the cat a slinking spy on the scene.
