Piggotts Roads

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Artist/Maker	Gill, Eric (artist)
Place of origin	England (made)

Wood-engraving

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Category	Prints
Object type	Wood engraving
Title	Piggotts Roads (popular title)
Materials and techniques	wood-engraving Printing Ink Wood Engraving
Brief description	Eric Gill, 'Pigotts Roads', proof of a map (2 of 2) showing the position of the artist's house in Pigotts, North Dean, near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, 1928.
Physical description	Wood-engraving
Dimensions	From catalogue height: 11.4cm From catalogue width: 7.9cm
Marks and inscriptions	E.G. (Signed in reverse) Unlimd (Inscribed in pencil on the mount by the artist) 272 (Numbered in pencil on the mount by the artist)
Credit line	Given by Mrs Mary Gill, widow of the artist
Object history	One of two proofs of a map showing the position of the artist's house, Pigotts, North Dean, near Speen, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, 1928. The block was used for illustration beneath the colophon on page 20 verso of 'The Future of Sculpture' by the artist, printed at the Lanston Monotype Corporation Ltd., for the artist at Pigotts, 1928.
Bibliographic reference	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.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1363-1952

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Record created	April 10, 2007
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O133694/piggotts-roads-wood-engraving-gill-eric/

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