Barbed wire and binoculars
Print
1947 (made)
1947 (made)
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By use of alliteration the copy and the illustrations in this wood engraving, one of two at E.671-1994 and E.672-1994, gave an impression of the range of work promoted by the Zinc Development Corporation. John O'Connor (born 1942) belongs to a small group of wood engravers who took up the technique after its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s. He was a student of Eric Ravilious at the RCA between 1934 and 1937 and also worked for a short while for the Curwen Press.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Barbed wire and binoculars (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Wood-engraving on paper |
| Brief description | Proof of a wood-engraving used in an advertisement for Zinc Development Corporation by Everett's advertising agency, published in The Times, by John O'Connor; British, 1950. |
| Physical description | Proof of a wood-engraving used in an advertisement, featuring a scene on board a ship with bandstand with conductor on a moonlit night. In the foreground a seagull sits nexto to a bucket of water. |
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| Production type | Artist's proof |
| Marks and inscriptions | Zinc Development Corporation 1947 (Inscribed in pencil) |
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| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Object history | Acquired in connection with the display A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, V&A, 10 October 1994 - 26 March 1995. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | By use of alliteration the copy and the illustrations in this wood engraving, one of two at E.671-1994 and E.672-1994, gave an impression of the range of work promoted by the Zinc Development Corporation. John O'Connor (born 1942) belongs to a small group of wood engravers who took up the technique after its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s. He was a student of Eric Ravilious at the RCA between 1934 and 1937 and also worked for a short while for the Curwen Press. |
| Bibliographic reference | A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, Victoria and Albert Museum, 10 Oct 1994 - 26 Mar 1995 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.672-1994 |
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| Record created | December 16, 2008 |
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