Timon of Athens, II (1940)

George Buday

wood-engraving, on oriental paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Oriental paper

Physical Object Description:

Bearded face laughing, wearing laurel crown. 1940 Wood-engraving, on oriental paper. Signed, dated, titled, numbered 10/50 and annotated: "LONDON".

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

23 x 13.5 cm

Accession Number:

1945,1208.205

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1945

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by A. M. Hind (1880-1957) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1940; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1945

Relationship:

Arthur Mayger 'A. M.' Hind Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Shakespeare

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