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The Plough

Woodcut
March 1937 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour woodcut, printed across three sheets, showing a plough with a black hare leaping away into the foreground, and a black weasel or ferret emerging from behind the plough.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Plough (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
woodcut print
Brief description
part, John Edgar Platt. Colour woodcut showing a plough with a black rabbit and a ferret or weasel. March 1937.
Physical description
Colour woodcut, printed across three sheets, showing a plough with a black hare leaping away into the foreground, and a black weasel or ferret emerging from behind the plough.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.375in
  • Width: 9.375 (individual sheets)
  • Width: 28.125in (Approximate overall width of image with the three sheets linked together. Does not allow for space between hanging individually mounted sheets.)
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1949, London: HMSO, 1961.
Collection
Accession number
E.931-1949

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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