Childe Rowland
Print
1947 (made)
1947 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) was an English wood-engraver, and developed a distinctive painterly style influenced by the Impressionists and post-Impressionists. Many of her prints were made as illustrations to books. This is an illustration to Robert Browning's poem 'Childe Roland to the dark tower came' (1852).
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Childe Rowland (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour wood-engraving on paper |
| Brief description | Gwen Raverat: 'Childe Rowland'. Colour woodcut. |
| Physical description | Print of snowy landscape with wind-blown trees. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 2 Childe Rowland G. Raverat |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Dr Lindsay Newman |
| Summary | Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) was an English wood-engraver, and developed a distinctive painterly style influenced by the Impressionists and post-Impressionists. Many of her prints were made as illustrations to books. This is an illustration to Robert Browning's poem 'Childe Roland to the dark tower came' (1852). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.814-2019 |
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| Record created | July 31, 2019 |
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