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Hog and wheatsheaf [print].

Accession number: 
PML 146047.2
Author: 
Gill, Eric, 1882-1940.
Published: 
[England : s.n., 1915?]
Description: 
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 135 mm, circular; sheet: 323 x 261 mm
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

Title from Physick.
Proof of wood-engraved circular design for printing on paper bags for the Hampshire House Bakery, Doves Place, Hammersmith, 1915; block subsequently used for an illustration on the back cover of A statement of aim issued by the founders of the Hampshire House Workshops Ltd. (Ditchling, Sussex : S. Dominic's Press, 1916); and as plate 3 of Engravings by Eric Gill (London ; Bristol : Douglas Cleverdon, 1929). Cf. Physick for further information.
One of a collection of 29 proofs of wood engravings and intaglio engravings by Eric Gill, printed on 28 sheets of fine paper (see PML 146047); the individual prints comprising the collection each cataloged separately.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Inscribed in pencil at lower left: p. 31 (1915); at bottom center: Hog & wheatsheaf.

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Roundel containing emblems of hog and wheat sheaf, with background of street; lettered within circular border of the design with the name and address of the Hampshire House Bakery.

Classification: 
Print
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Department: 
Printed Books