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Girl with three scallops [print].

Accession number
PML 146047.28
Creator
Gill, Eric, 1882-1940.
Published
[England : s.n., 1927?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from Physick.
Proof of an engraved bookplate by Eric Gill for Kate Fletcher; also published as plate 102 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
1 print : engraving ; plate mark: 87 x 57 mm; sheet: 319 x 202 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil at lower left: p. 492 (1927); at bottom center: Ex Libris.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a young woman standing and balancing a shell on her head whilst holding up two further scallop shells.
Classification
Department