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Print

1938 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Eric Ravilious: Proof of decoration to ‘The Writings of Gilbert White of Selborne’ including ‘The Natural History of Selborne’ selected and edited by H.J. Massingham, published by the Nonesuch Press, 1938. Wood- engraving.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
wood-engraving
Brief description
Eric Ravilious: Proof of decoration to ‘The Writings of Gilbert White of Selborne’ including ‘The Natural History of Selborne’ selected and edited by H.J. Massingham, published by the Nonesuch Press, 1938. Wood- engraving.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.7cm
  • Width: 10.2cm
Literary referenceThe Natural Hsitory of Selborne by Gilbert White
Bibliographic reference
'A Rust-coloured Feruginous Light The summer of the year 1783 was an amazing and portentous one, and full of horrible phaenomena...The sun, at noon, looked as blank as a clouded moon, and shed a rust-coloured feruginous light on the ground and on the floors of rooms; but it was particularly lurid and blood-coloured at rising and setting.' (quoting from Gilbert White) Jeremy Greenwood, Ravilious Engravings, The Wood Lea Press, Great Britain, 2008, p.254-267
Collection
Accession number
E.547-1972

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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