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The Lynching

Print
1945 (published)
Artist/Maker
The Golden Cockerel Press (publishers)
The Golden Cockerel Press (publisher)
Dorothea Braby (artist)

The Lynching. Wood engraving by Dorothea Braby, 1945.

Object details

Object type
Print
TitleThe Lynching (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Wood engraving on paper
Wood Engraving
Brief description
The Lynching. Wood engraving by Dorothea Braby, 1945.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 23cm
  • Sheet width: 15.6cm
taken from the Prints and Drawings catalogue
Marks and inscriptions
  • 2/20, The Lynching, The Lottery Ticket. (in pencil)
  • Dorothea Braby 1945 (in pencil)
Object history
This is one illustration from a set of six for the book 'The Lottery' by V. G. Caldéron
Subjects depicted
Crime
Death
Justice
Racism
Lynching
Hands
Nude
Suit
Bibliographic reference
Caldéron, Ventura García translated into English by Phibbs, Richard The Lottery Ticket: Done into English by Richard Phibbs with engravings by Dorothea Braby London : Golden Cockerel Press, 1945
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1463-1983

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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