The Holy Family (lllustration to François Mauriac's Life of Jesus, 1937) (1937)

George Buday

wood engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

The Holy Family (lllustration to François Mauriac's Life of Jesus, 1937) (1937)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

half-length Virgin holding Christ Child, St Joseph behind. 1937 Wood-engraving. Signed, dated, titled, numbered 3/50 and annotated: "ROME".

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

10 x 5.9 cm

Accession Number:

1939,0730.76

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1939

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, 1937; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1939

Relationship:

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

Subject:

Biblical, Life of Christ

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