The Old Plough (circa 1934)

John Austen

wood-engraving on tissue paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Classification:

Materials:

Tissue paper

Physical Object Description:

Old plough, with farm buildings behind. c.1941 Wood-engraving, on tissue paper. Signed, titled and numbered 7/50.

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

24.1 x 30.3 cm

Accession Number:

1941,0208.21

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1941

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with the Prints and Drawings Fund, 1934; 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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