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The Insect Man

Wood-Engraving
1936 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wood-engraving

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Insect Man (series title)
Materials and techniques
Wood-engraving
Brief description
Gibbings, Robert. Wood-engraving; an Illustration to The Insect Man by Eleanor Doorly. One of a set (E.453-466-1950) contained in a grey buckram volume. Published by W. Heffer & Sons, Cambridge, 1936. (life of Jean-Henri Fabre)
Physical description
Wood-engraving
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.75in
  • Width: 7.5in
Dimensions given are for the volume containing the group of woodcuts
Credit line
Given by Miss Grace Chatwin in memory of Miss Eleanor Doorly
Associations
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1950, London: HMSO, 1962.
Collection
Accession number
E.458-1950

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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