The Digger (1931)

Claughton Pellew

wood-engraving on paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Man digging in field, at dawn or dusk, with bird on tree in foreground. 1931 Wood-engraving. Signed with monogram on block. Signed, dated, titled & numbered 5/40

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

18.6 x 15.2 cm

Accession Number:

1934,0210.24

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1934

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) with the Prints and Drawings Fund of the Contemporary Art Society, 1932; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1941

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Worker, Landscape

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