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Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

Wood Engraving
1928 (drawn), 1929-30 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wood-engraving, inscribed by the artist and numbered.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (series title)
  • Man and girl drinking (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
wood-engraving
Brief description
Eric Gill, 'Man and girl drinking', proof of a decorative border for Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, no. 63 of the publications of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1928.
Physical description
Wood-engraving, inscribed by the artist and numbered.
Credit line
Given by Mrs Mary Gill, widow of the artist
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
Accession number
E.1337:2-1952

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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