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Elm Angel

Print
1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wood engraving, signed in pencil, depicting a woodland folly with an angel flying overhead.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleElm Angel (published title)
Brief description
Wood engraving by Eric Ravilious, illustration proof for 'Elm Angel' by Walter de la Mare. Great Britain, 1930.
Physical description
Wood engraving, signed in pencil, depicting a woodland folly with an angel flying overhead.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.2cm
  • Width: 7.8cm
Object history
Exhibited as impression no. 44 in 'Eric Ravilious 1903-1942', an Arts Council of Great Britain Exhibition (1948-1949).
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Reproduced in Robert Harling's 'Notes on the wood-engravings of Eric Ravilious', London, 1946, p.31. Jeremy Greenwood, Ravilious Engravings, The Wood Lea Press, Great Britain, 2008, p.101.
Collection
Accession number
E.576-1972

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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