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Print

1955 (made)
Artist/Maker
O'Connor, John Scorrer (A.R.E., A.R.C.A.) (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

John O'Connor belongs to a small group of wood engravers who took up the technique after its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s. He was a student of Eric Ravilious at the RCA between 1934 and 1937 and also worked for a short while for the Curwen Press.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Illustration
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Wood-engraving in ink on paper
Ink
Paper
Wood-Engraving
Brief description
Wood-engraved illustrations for Alphabet & Image, by John O'Connor, British, 1955
Physical description
Wood-engraved illustration featuring a wood block from which is being pulled a page with the word IMAGE (IMA are shown on the page and GE are on the block - the page as it is being pulled off the block does not reproduce the block). Printing tools such as an ink roller and burins lie on the table.
Dimensions
  • Image size height: 4.5cm
  • Image size width: 4.1cm
  • Sheet size height: 14.5cm
  • Sheet size width: 16.3cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1996
Marks and inscriptions
  • IMAGE (part of image)
  • For Alphabet & Image 1955 (Lower centre below image in pencil)
  • O'C (Artist monogram on block lower right of image)
  • John O'Connor (Artist signature in pencil lower right below image)
Credit line
Given by the artist
Object history
Acquired in connection with the display A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, V&A, 10 October 1994 - 26 March 1995.
Subjects depicted
Printing Block
Roller
Burins
Summary
John O'Connor belongs to a small group of wood engravers who took up the technique after its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s. He was a student of Eric Ravilious at the RCA between 1934 and 1937 and also worked for a short while for the Curwen Press.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1996
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.20-1996

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Record createdNovember 11, 2008
Record URL
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