Eric Thake 'Bookplate for Dorothy Dennett' - collected architecture flowers and fruit swelling in

flowers and fruit swelling in the foreground

With warmth and wit

'Ricciarda'

Hans Snel was born in Scheveningen

Image Size: 84 x 102 cm

Eric Thake 'Bookplate for Dorothy Dennett' - collected architecture flowers and fruit swelling inThe popular practice of labelling and adorning ones beloved books with bookplates has almost been lost to history. In the early 20th century, members of the Australian Ex Libris Society would assign iconic artists with the task of creating personal tags that could be fixed onto the inside cover or first pages of their books. Eric Thake, known for his bold printmaking and distinct ability to sympathise with humanity through his images, was a popular