Welcome to the Avocets

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Artist/Maker	Hermes (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Wood engraving depicting birds. Signed and dated in pencil, and numbered 11/30.

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Categories	Prints Printmaking Techniques Animals and Wildlife
Object type	Print
Title	Welcome to the Avocets (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Wood engraving printed in black and pale greenish buff Paper Engraving Wood Engraving
Brief description	Wood engraving by Gertrude Hermes entitled 'Welcome to the Avocets', Great Britain, 1948
Physical description	Wood engraving depicting birds. Signed and dated in pencil, and numbered 11/30.
Dimensions	Diameter: 35cm
Subject depicted	Birds
Associated objects	circ.508-1948 (Source) circ.509-1948 (Source) circ.510-1948 (Source) circ.511-1948 (Source) circ.512-1948 (Source) circ.513-1948 (Source) circ.514-1948 (Source) circ.515-1948 (Source) circ.516-1948 (Source) circ.517-1948 (Source) circ.518-1948 (Source) circ.519-1948 (Source) circ.520-1948 (Source) circ.521-1948 (Source) circ.522-1948 (Source) circ.523-1948 (Source) circ.524-1948 (Source) circ.525-1948 (Source) circ.526-1948 (Source)
Bibliographic reference	Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1948
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.518-1948

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1034997/welcome-to-the-avocets-print-hermes/

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