1938 (published)
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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
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| 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. |
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| Literary reference | The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White |
| Bibliographic reference | 'Feeding the Fowls
A neighbouring gentleman one summer had lost most of his chickens by a sparrow-hawk. [He] hung a setting net adroitly... into which the caitif dashed, and was entanlged. Resentment suggested the law of retaliation: he therefore clipped the hawk's wings, cut off his talons, and, fixing a cork on his bill, threw him down among the brood hens... The exasperated matrons upbraided, they execrated, they insulted, they triumphed..' (quoting from Gilbert White)
Jeremy Greenwood, Ravilious Engravings, The Wood Lea Press, Great Britain, 2008, p.254-267 |
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| Accession number | E.545-1972 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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