Accession number
PML 196113.1-15
Creator
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966.
Published
[Weimar : Cranach Press, 1928-1930]
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2014.
Notes
Printed in black on dark beige laid paper except nos. 9-10 (on japan), 11-13 (vellum), 14-15 (yellow China).
Description
15 prints : woodcuts ; 160 x 85 mm, or smaller.
Inscriptions/Markings
Most proofs initialed by the artist, some dated 1928, many with marks, numbering, or brief annotations by Craig, Gage-Cole, and possibly Kessler.
Provenance
Count Harry Kessler.
Summary
Proofs of woodcuts and wood-engraved figures from the Cranach Press editions of Hamlet, including one unpublished design. Cf. Brinks, J.D.. Book as a work of art: the Cranach Press, 328-9.
Binding
Loose sheets, never bound. Housed in blue cloth case.
Classification
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