L'Annunziata Mary (Illustration to François Mauriac's Life of Jesus, 1937) (1937)

George Buday

wood-engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

L'Annunziata Mary (Illustration to François Mauriac's Life of Jesus, 1937) (1937)

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Print, Book Illustration

Physical Object Description:

Virgin, half-length, with arms crossed over chest, looking to left. 1937 Wood-engraving. Signed, dated, titled, numbered 2/50 and annotated: "ROME".

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

10 x 5.9 cm

Accession Number:

1939,0730.78

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:

Life of Christ, Biblical, Virgin Mary, New Testament

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