
Barrows of Birmingham
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
Great Britain (made)
- Date:
ca. 1955 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
O'Connor, John Scorrer A.R.E., A.R.C.A., born 1913 (artist)
Barrows (commissioned by) - Materials and Techniques:
Wood-engraving on paper
- Credit Line:
Given by the artist
- Museum number:
E.674-1994
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 1A, box EW149B
John O'Connor (born 1942) 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.