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David

Engraving
1926 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving of a naked man in a heroic pose, standing before a leafless tree with a snake coiled around his leg.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDavid (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
engraving
Brief description
Eric Gill. David. Proof of the frontispiece to Id Quod Visum Placet 1926. After a photograph.
Physical description
Engraving of a naked man in a heroic pose, standing before a leafless tree with a snake coiled around his leg.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.5in
  • Width: 2.75in
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.1220-1952

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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