Accession number
PML 146047.8
Creator
Gill, Eric, 1882-1940.
Published
[England : s.n., 1923?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from Physick.
Proof of wood-engraving by Eric Gill for a certificate for the Daily Herald Order of Industrial Heroism, the design printed from five blocks in black and red ink and subsequently published on p. 35 of Wood engravings (Ditchling, Sussex : S. Dominic's Press, 1924); and as plate 55 of Engravings by Eric Gill (London ; Bristol : Douglas Cleverdon, 1929). Cf. Physick for further information.
The 1st version of this print, with the representation of the Holy Ghost printed in red at right, subsequently replaced by a red star in the final version; Physick identifies the individual blocks used for this design as: no. 220. St. Christopher (with small additional engraving of chimney smoke printed in red); no. 221. A rose-plant in Jericho; no. 222. Wave; no. 224. The Holy Ghost as dove.
One of a collection of 29 proofs of wood engravings and engravings by Eric Gill, printed on 28 sheets of fine paper (see PML 146047); the individual prints comprising the collection each cataloged separately.
Proof of wood-engraving by Eric Gill for a certificate for the Daily Herald Order of Industrial Heroism, the design printed from five blocks in black and red ink and subsequently published on p. 35 of Wood engravings (Ditchling, Sussex : S. Dominic's Press, 1924); and as plate 55 of Engravings by Eric Gill (London ; Bristol : Douglas Cleverdon, 1929). Cf. Physick for further information.
The 1st version of this print, with the representation of the Holy Ghost printed in red at right, subsequently replaced by a red star in the final version; Physick identifies the individual blocks used for this design as: no. 220. St. Christopher (with small additional engraving of chimney smoke printed in red); no. 221. A rose-plant in Jericho; no. 222. Wave; no. 224. The Holy Ghost as dove.
One of a collection of 29 proofs of wood engravings and engravings by Eric Gill, printed on 28 sheets of fine paper (see PML 146047); the individual prints comprising the collection each cataloged separately.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 125 x 190 mm; sheet: 334 x 257 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil at lower left: p. 220-223 (1923); at bottom center: St. Christopher.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows the figure of St. Christopher at right, in front of a factory chimney belching red smokw, walking to the left across waves towards a garden enclosed in a stone wall with a tower, with a dove printed in red flying above.
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