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Zinc Block

ca.1957 (made)
Artist/Maker

A zinc block mounted on wood.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Zinc block, wood, printing
Brief description
Design by Jacob Drew (born 1909), for the front cover of the catalogue of the twenty-fifth exhibition of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society, 6 November to 8 December 1957. Zinc block mounted on wood, one of two, ca.1957.
Physical description
A zinc block mounted on wood.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.6cm
  • Width: 13cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Marks and inscriptions
(Lettered with title etc.)
Credit line
Given by the Society of Designer Craftsmen
Object history
Design for the front cover of the catalogue of the twenty-fifth exhibition of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society, held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, 6 November to 8 December 1957.

Impressions from these blocks are E.121A, B-1968
Subject depicted
Associated object
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Collection
Accession number
E.121:1-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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