Ethel A. King Explained

Ethel A. King
Birth Name:Ethel Anna King
Death Place:Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Known For:Scientific illustration
Notable Works:137 drawings for Snakes of Australia
Birth Date:1879
Birth Place:Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

Ethel Anna King (1879 – 1 January 1939) was an Australian scientific illustrator of snakes, fish and botany.

Biography

Born in Lismore in 1879, King moved to Sydney to study painting and drawing with Julian Ashton and Dattilo Rubbo.[1] [2] In 1922 she was appointed assistant to Margaret Flockton, artist working for Joseph Maiden, director of the Botanical Gardens in Sydney to illustrate his work.[3] [4]

Many examples of her work are held in the Australian Museum, where she worked on commission in the 1920s and 30s.[5]

In 1925 she was commissioned to prepare fish exhibits for display at the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, including a 250 lb (113.4 kg) Giant groper (Epinephelus lanceolatus).[6]

She contributed illustrations to the first edition of the Australian Encyclopedia and made 137 colour illustrations for J. R. Kinghorn's Snakes of Australia, which were described by David G. Stead, President of the Naturalists' Society of New South Wales as "render[ing] the work quite unique and absolutely invaluable to naturalist and bushman alike, as with their aid it is easily possible to identify every species".[7]

A colour plate she created for Charles Barrett's Australian Animals (1932) was described as "one of the finest illustrations of its kind yet published in this country" by The Melbourne Herald.[8]

Shortly before her death she was appointed to serve as anatomical artist at the Institute of Anatomy in Canberra.

Works

Reference books

Children's books

Death

King died on 1 January 1939 at a private hospital in Darlinghurst, New South Wales[9] and was cremated.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 11 January 1939. Obituary. 9. The Northern Star. New South Wales, Australia. National Library of Australia. 31 August 2021.
  2. News: 4 December 1926. A Lismore Artist. 51. 16. The Northern Star. New South Wales, Australia. National Library of Australia. 31 August 2021.
  3. News: 1 January 1922. Art and Botany. 18. The Sun. 979. New South Wales, Australia. National Library of Australia. 31 August 2021.
  4. News: 18 January 1939. Miss E A King. 10. The Sydney Morning Herald. 31,528. New South Wales, Australia. National Library of Australia. 31 August 2021.
  5. Web site: Leeson. Alison. 2013-10-23. Ethel King – Painter of all things natural. 2021-08-31. The Australian Museum. en.
  6. Web site: Egan. Patricia. 2014-01-09. A Fishy Tale from 1926. 2021-08-31. The Australian Museum. en.
  7. News: Stead. David G.. 25 December 1929. A Study of Australian Snakes. XXXVI. 16. The Sydney Mail. 926. New South Wales, Australia. National Library of Australia. 31 August 2021.
  8. News: 12 September 1932. Our Animals. 4. The Herald. 17,263. Victoria, Australia. National Library of Australia. 31 August 2021.
  9. News: 2 January 1939. Family Notices. 6. The Sydney Morning Herald. 31,514. New South Wales, Australia. National Library of Australia. 31 August 2021.
  10. News: 3 January 1939. Family Notices. 7. The Sydney Morning Herald. 31,515. New South Wales, Australia. National Library of Australia. 31 August 2021.

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