Our Bed is all of Flowers
Wood Engraving
1927 (made)
1927 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Wood-engraving of a nude couple embracing on a bed of large leaves and flowers, with curtain swags above.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Our Bed is all of Flowers (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | wood-engraving |
| Brief description | Eric Gill, 'Our Bed is all of Flowers', proof of a title page to 'The Song of the Soul' by Saint John-of-the-Cross, printed by the Chiswick Press, London, for Francis Walterson, Capel-y-ffin, Abergavenny, Wales. 1927. |
| Physical description | Wood-engraving of a nude couple embracing on a bed of large leaves and flowers, with curtain swags above. |
| 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.1321-1952 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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