Accession number
PML 146047.27
Creator
Gill, Eric, 1882-1940.
Published
[England : s.n., 1927?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from Physick.
Proof of two wood engravings by Eric Gill for Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, no. 50 of the publications of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1927; the two blocks subsequently published as plate 95 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.
Proof of two wood engravings by Eric Gill for Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, no. 50 of the publications of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1927; the two blocks subsequently published as plate 95 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.
Description
2 print (on 1 sheet) : wood engraving ; images: 168 x 30 mm and 147 x 41 mm; sheet: 323 x 249 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil at lower left: p. 443-444 (1927); at bottom center: Chaucer & Cupid.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print at left shows the figure of Chaucer facing right, standing on a small cloud, quill in hand, attending to a small angel who sits on his shoulder whispering into his ear; print at right shows Chaucer seated in a tree, writing the name "Troilus" into a volume on his lap.
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