Swans (1927)

Gertrude Anna Bertha Hermes

wood-engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

One bird with wings extended. Wood-engraving on handmade Japanese paper, 1927. Signed, dated, titled and numbered 6/30

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

14 x 16 cm

Accession Number:

1930,0111.120

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1930

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, 1927; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1930

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Birds

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