Mistletoe (Illustration for Irene Gosse’s A Florilege: chosen from the old herbals, The Swan Press, Chelsea, 1931) (1930)

Gertrude Anna Bertha Hermes

wood-engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Mistletoe (Illustration for Irene Gosse’s A Florilege: chosen from the old herbals, The Swan Press, Chelsea, 1931) (1930)

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Print, Book Illustration

Physical Object Description:

Mistletoe growing on a branch. Wood-engraving on handmade Japanese paper, 1930. Signed, dated, titled and numbered 2/30.

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

23.1 x 13.5 cm

Accession Number:

1941,0208.56

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1941

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1932; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1941

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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