Ethel Jackson Morris sketchbooks

PXB 1767

fonds

probably between 1905 and 1930

Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours

9669376

3 sketchbooks (approximately 131 drawings) - mostly pencil, one watercolour - 13.5 x 18 cm, 13 x 18 cm, 11 x 17.5 cm

Ethel Jackson Morris (1891-1985) was a Victorian born Australian illustrator. Inspired by artists such as Ida Rentoul Outhwaite and Edmund Dulac, she studied painting and drawing at the National Gallery Art School from 1910 until 1920. Her first book, ‘All Among the Fairies’, was published in 1909. She contributed to Dame Nellie Melba’s ‘Melba's gift book of Australian art and literature’ in 1915 and published ‘The White Butterfly’ in 1921. She married Captain John Overton in 1930 and died in Sydney in 1985.

References:
Library acquisition file
O'Conor, Juliet. Bottersnikes and Other Lost Things : A Treasury of Australian Children's Literature. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Publishing, 2009. Accessed 12 January 2023. https://books.google.com.au/books?id=5MeA_cPBb5sC&pg=PT96&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

Vendor acquired sketchbooks through Lawsons Auctioneers & Valuers, 31 August 2022. Fine Art: Gold Coast Collection - Sale 9487A, Lot 5018

Three small sketchbooks containing pencil drawings and one watercolour. The drawings are predominantly character sketches, anonymous portraits and what appears to be costume designs. Combined the sketchbooks contain approximately 131 drawings.

In copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Business card for 'Miss Hilda R. Felstead. Contralto. 14 Colosseum Terrace, Regent's Park N.W.' pinned to first page of second sketch book

'Sketch Book. E. Jackson Morris' written on front of first sketchbook

Date based on years the artist was active