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Chaucer writing

Print
ca.1927 (made)
Artist/Maker
The Golden Cockerel Press (publisher)
Eric Gill (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Wood-engraving

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
print
TitleChaucer writing (published title)
Materials and techniques
wood-engraving
Printing Ink
Wood Engraving
Brief description
Wood engraving by Eric Gill, entitled 'Chaucer writing', proof of a decorative border of Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde', ca.1927
Physical description
Wood-engraving
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.8cm (Note: Taken from Physick, J.F., The Engraved Work of Eric Gill, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1963, p.120, cat no.444.)
  • Width: 4.4cm (Note: Taken from Physick, J.F., The Engraved Work of Eric Gill, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1963, p.120, cat no.444.)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Mary Gill, widow of the artist
Object history
Proof of a decorative border of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde.
Printed on the same sheet as E.1273:1-1952
Associated object
E.1273:1-1952
Bibliographic references
  • Mr. J. F. Physick, Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952 Volume II: The Engravings of Eric Gill, London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1960.
  • Physick, J. F., The Engraved Work of Eric Gill, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1963, p.120, cat no.444.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1273:2-1952

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1009243/chaucer-writing-print-eric-gill/
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