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The Village

Print
1933 (made)
Artist/Maker
Ravilious, Eric (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Wood engraving depicting a picturesque village with a church and a cluster of simple houses surrounded by trees.

Object details

Categories
Illustration
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleThe Village
Brief description
Wood engraving by Eric Ravilious, illustration proof for the cover of 'The Village', a journal published by the National Council of Social Service. Great Britain, 1933.
Physical description
Wood engraving depicting a picturesque village with a church and a cluster of simple houses surrounded by trees.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.2cm
  • Width: 8.2cm
Bibliographic references
  • Reproduced in Robert Harling's 'Notes on the wood-engravings of Eric Ravilious', London, 1946, p.38.
  • 'The National Council for Social Service started publishing a 'quarterly news sheet' entitled The Village Hall. For the fourth issue, published in January 1933, it was decided to change its name to The Village and Ravilious was commissioned to engrave the decoration shown here: it appears on the cover and title page.' Jeremy Greenwood, Ravilious Engravings, The Wood Lea Press, Great Britain, 2008, p.156-169
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.577-1972

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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