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The haunt of the jay (before 1931)

William Giles

colour woodcut

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

The haunt of the jay (before 1931)
The haunt of the jay (before 1931)
The haunt of the jay (before 1931)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print

Physical Object Description:

A brightly coloured bird, in the upper right corner, swooping towards the right, tree branches and a lake below. Colour woodcut. Lettered within image with artist's monogram, and inscribed below image in graphite with artist's signature and: "No. 14."

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

29.2 x 42 cm

Accession Number:

1941,0208.47

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1941

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1932; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, 1941

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Birds

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Artist Bio

William Giles
The haunt of the jay (before 1931)

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