Miss Edith Annie Mary Alsop b. 1871

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, illustrator and printmaker who studied at the Central School of Arts in London and under André Lhôte in Paris. Despite her formal fine art training, which also included a period at the National Gallery School in Melbourne, Alsop is best known for her children's book illustrations.
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Citations

  • 'The Tale of the Fairies’, Whitcombe & Tombs, Illustrations by Alsop.

  • Robertson, George (1910), 'Some Children’s Songs’, Illustrations by Alsop.

  • Nankivell, Joice (1916), 'The Cobweb Ladder’, Illustrations by Alsop.

  • Holden, Robert (1992), 'A Golden Age: Visions of Fantasy’, Pymble, NSW.

  • Muir, Marcie & Holden, Robert (1985), 'The Fairy World of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite’, Seaforth, NSW.

  • (1907), New Idea, 12-06.

  • Ambrus, Caroline (1984), 'The Ladies’ Picture Show’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Butler, Roger (1981), 'Melbourne Woodcuts and Linocuts of the 1920’s and 1930’s’, City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat Victoria catalogue, Ballarat 1981; NGA website 2001 www.australianprints.gov.au.

  • Cass, Naomi (1983), 'Women Artists’, University of Melbourne catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Holden, Robert (1986), 'Cheer Up Children’, Prince Henry’s Hospital Collection catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Lees, Stella & Macintyre, Pam (1993), 'The Oxford Companion to Australian Children’s Literature’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Peers, Juliet (1993), 'More Than Just Gumtrees’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Syme, Eveline W. (1934), 'Women and art’, Centenary Gift Book, ed. Frances Fraser & Nettie Palmer, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Tibbits, George (1966), 'Rodney Howard Alsop’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vols 1-6, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Information sourced from Callaway, Anita.

See also

  • 'Heritage: section 3, plate 112'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book