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  • Place of origin:

    Great Britain, United Kingdom (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1955 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    O'Connor, John Scorrer (A.R.E., A.R.C.A.), born 1913 (artist)
    Barrows (probably?, 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

  • Image unavailable

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.

Physical description

Proof of a wood-engraved illustration for an advertising folder for the department store Barrows of Birmingham. The image features a table set for tea with teapots, mugs, plates and napkins, bowls of bread rolls and celery, and a vase of flowers. The table is set at a window with transparent curtains overlooking a garden and there is a Windsor armchair set facing towards the viewer. The table is set for two but the second chair is not visible.

Place of Origin

Great Britain, United Kingdom (made)

Date

ca. 1955 (made)

Artist/maker

O'Connor, John Scorrer (A.R.E., A.R.C.A.), born 1913 (artist)
Barrows (probably?, commissioned by)

Materials and Techniques

Wood-engraving on paper

Marks and inscriptions

J O'C
For Barrows of Birmingham 1950s

Dimensions

Height: 14.3 cm folded sheet, Width: 11.2 cm folded sheet, Height: 8.7 cm image, Width: 7 cm image

Object history note

Acquired in connection with the display A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, V&A, 10 October 1994 - 26 March 1995.

Descriptive line

Proof of a wood-engraved illustration for an advertising folder for the department store Barrows of Birmingham, by John O'Connor; British, ca. 1955.

Materials

Paper; Ink

Techniques

Wood engraving

Subjects depicted

Flowers; Vase; Garden; Table; Plates; Curtains; Bowls; Teapot; Mugs; Napkin; Windsor chairs; Salt cellar; Sash window; Celery

Categories

Prints; Advertising; Illustration

Production Type

Artist's proof

Collection code

PDP

Qr_O179838
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