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The martyrdom of St Thomas of Canterbury, initial letter W and a nude boy (Illustration to Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales) (1928)

Eric Rowton Gill

wood-engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

The martyrdom of St Thomas of Canterbury, initial letter W and a nude boy (Illustration to Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales) (1928)

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum.

Details

Classification:

Print, Book Illustration

Physical Object Description:

Proof of wood-engraved illustration on opening page of Prologue, p.2, Vol.I of Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales', no.63 of the publications of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1929. 1928. Signed and numbered 2/10.

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

19 x 12.5 cm

Accession Number:

1936,0613.83

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1936

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1928-36; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1936

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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Artist Bio

Eric Rowton Gill
The martyrdom of St Thomas of Canterbury, initial letter W and a nude boy (Illustration to Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales) (1928)

Artworks by Eric Rowton Gill

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