Wine Label for Fressingfield Dry White Wine
Print
1976 (made)
1976 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This wine label and its accompanying piece (E.768-1994) are both from wood engravings and typical of a type of commercial wood engraving which Renton produced. Michael Renton (1934-2001) was, by his own description, “a designer, engraver and lettering craftsman” of modest means but prodigious talent. After a brief spell at Harrow Art School and a five-year wood engraving apprenticeship with S. Slinger Ltd, he set up as an independent wood engraver and signwriter in the remote countryside of East Sussex near Winchelsea. Here he produced a wealth of works on wood, stone and paper in the style of Eric Gill and Gwen Raverat.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Wine Label for Fressingfield Dry White Wine (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph from wood engraving in ink on paper |
| Brief description | Bottle label for Fressingfield dry white wine, offset lithograph from a wood engraving by Michael Renton; British, 1976. |
| Physical description | Bottle label for Fressingfield dry white wine. The label shows a black and white image of a cottage and barn (possibly Wood Farm Vineyard, Fressingfield?) in the style of a woodcut. The image is in an oval frame surrounded by lettering in several fonts (one flourishing, one serif) in white and black against a green background with white border. |
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| Gallery label | M. RENTON (born 1934)
Wine label for Fressingfield Dry White Wine. 1977
Wood engraving
E.767, 768-1994 |
| Object history | Acquired in connection with the display A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, V&A, 10 October 1994 - 26 March 1995. |
| Production | Michael Renton also a lettering craftsman and he designed the lettering as well as the illustration here and E.768-1994. |
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| Place depicted | |
| Summary | This wine label and its accompanying piece (E.768-1994) are both from wood engravings and typical of a type of commercial wood engraving which Renton produced. Michael Renton (1934-2001) was, by his own description, “a designer, engraver and lettering craftsman” of modest means but prodigious talent. After a brief spell at Harrow Art School and a five-year wood engraving apprenticeship with S. Slinger Ltd, he set up as an independent wood engraver and signwriter in the remote countryside of East Sussex near Winchelsea. Here he produced a wealth of works on wood, stone and paper in the style of Eric Gill and Gwen Raverat. |
| Associated object | E.768-1994 (Set) |
| Bibliographic reference | A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, Victoria and Albert Museum, 10 Oct 1994 - 26 Mar 1995 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.767-1994 |
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| Record created | November 27, 2006 |
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