Eve (circa 1940)

Edward Carrick

wood-engraving, on tissue paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Tissue paper

Physical Object Description:

Eve sitting at foot of tree with brazen serpent and hare. Wood-engraving, on tissue paper. Signed, titled and numbered 15/35.

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

17.8 x 15.4 cm

Accession Number:

1941,0208.37

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1941

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1930; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1941

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Biblical

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